To the Moon!

[bike21]

And now it feels like a football game.

Should have waaaay more press than the NFL or Premier League, whichever brand of football one prefers.

 

[Inverted]

Should have waaaay more press than the NFL or Premier League, whichever brand of football one prefers.

There is only one football.

It AINT the NFL...

 

[DropTank]

Visuals are primitive compares to SpaceX launches.

 

[BlueMoon]

The lack of decent onboard cameras for live shots during launch is such a PR fail for NASA.

I know it’s not necessary, but you work off of public funds, it would go a long way with keeping tax payers engaged and excited.

 

[GypsyPilot]

The lack of decent onboard cameras for live shots during launch is such a PR fail for NASA.

I know it’s not necessary, but you work off of public funds, it would go a long way with keeping tax payers engaged and excited.

The camera work was shockingly bad. Like, was that on purpose? They didn’t even show it clearing the launch tower, lol.

Relieved it was a good launch though.

 

[GypsyPilot]

Man that was cool to watch. Can’t wait to see the pics when they pass the moon. And as our biggest hypocrite of turning stuff political has stated, I don’t wanna make it political but some POS better not take credit for this.

Let’s just hope they hire a new camera director for the lunar pass!

 

[BlueMoon]

The camera work was shockingly bad. Like, was that on purpose? They didn’t even show it clearing the launch tower, lol.

Relieved it was a good launch though.

Yea, stopped watching 10 minutes after launch when all they had up was space sim style video of the vehicle.

after they jettisoned the Launch abort system the commander said something like “we got a great view of the moon and we are heading right at it”

My response was”well that woulda been nice to see”

I want to see when my tax dollars are used for something actually important, like this.

 

[FlyingAccountant]

The camera work was shockingly bad. Like, was that on purpose? They didn’t even show it clearing the launch tower, lol.

Relieved it was a good launch though.

I was amused by the British accents doing the voice overs.

 

[WacoFan]

There is only one football.

It AINT the NFL...

 

[Soul Brotha']

From my front porch:

 

[DropTank]

The graphics of the upper stage were shown at 2FPS.

Guess they are reusing the 286 from the shuttle launches.

 

[moxiepilot]

I was somewhere over Japan, but Danielle sent me shots from the backyard too!

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

The camera work was shockingly bad. Like, was that on purpose? They didn’t even show it clearing the launch tower, lol.

Relieved it was a good launch though.

Same thought. Those camera cuts and images going to blank black/grey scenes was… disappointing.

 

[bp]

i don’t really give af about the lack of footage vs spacex. elon shoots space junk into low earth orbit for basically free and doesn’t go anywhere, while owning a network of datalinks- they need the commercial footage

 

[Wardogg]

Why was NASAs TV coverage soooo bad?!?


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[Wardogg]

My take is that we should broaden the definition of planets and stop counting them.

Yeah, Ceres is a world, so what? Fight me about it!

NINE!!!

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Pluto is a planet. Was and still is in some hearts and minds today

 

[knot4u]

I should also say I hope this mission is successful, they had a glitch with the toilet but I think they got it worked out. 10 days, four people and a broken toilet in space sounds like a nightmare. Some smartass said the heated seat was inop, couldn't be MEL'd and it was going to end up RTB. I have no clarification of the veracity of that claim.

 

[WacoFan]

Why was NASAs TV coverage soooo bad?!?


View: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1HVttPnfgp/?mibextid=wwXIfr

My sister missed all the Apollo launches and was really into yesterday. I remarked how fecal the camera work was as compared to late 60's Apollo launches and made her go back and watch those.

 

[MikeD]

My sister missed all the Apollo launches and was really into yesterday. I remarked how fecal the camera work was as compared to late 60's Apollo launches and made her go back and watch those.

Back during Apollo, you had Walter Cronkite narrating and science correspondent Jules Bergman covering the launches and describing technical aspects and putting them in layman’s terms. Now, you have some internet “reporter” remarking how the ground is shaking and other nitwit observations.