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Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps

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Re: Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps

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Post by reaperducer »

groby_b wrote: post #65
reaperducer wrote: post #27

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Crazy that a dude from Iowa and his ragtag group of rocket watchers does a better job with launch coverage than NASA. You may not have noticed, but NASA was also launching an actual rocket at the time. Conducting a livestream and conducting a livestream while launching a rocket to the other side of the moon are hardly equivalent. Absolute shit show. You have a remarkably low threshold for "shit show."

Did they also shut down the bathrooms? You know, to focus the mind? That is the worst possible take. The people launching the rocket and the people filming the launch are not actually the same people, nor do they take the same resources. > You have a remarkably low threshold for "shit show." I wish more people did. We certainly have an excess supply of shit shows these days.

That is the worst possible take.

Really? You lack imagination.

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Post by dylan604 »

randomNumber7 wrote: post #149
dylan604 wrote: post #111

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Clearly, you've never worked with a live video crew. If they have no practice, it's amazing how bad you can appear with a lack of appreciation of how fast things move. You also have to remember the camera/operator are really far away with a very large zoom. Things leave your field a view much faster than anticipated. After that, any correction becomes over corrections again because of the zoom factor. Also, I would n…

The probability that they accidentially missed the booster separation is very low. There is also a clear incentive to cut away in case it fails.

I don't understand the logic people are using to keep repeating this. It's just yet another example of how ideas fester and spread on the internet.

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

daveguy wrote: post #129
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #82

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I didn’t realize an eye roll and considering that they’re LARPing themselves for theatrical effect… was “getting bent out of shape”. Perhaps I enjoy competence over narrative nonsense? Maybe pessimism has been highly undersold this generation and too many people are willing to buy into any basic narrative of emotion nudging they’re shown?

They had one part - literally one line - of a scripted and serious safety checklist where they could express themselves. Some chose to be kinda muted, some chose to be kinda over the top. Maybe get over yourself?

Around when they resume the count down at 10 min, the blonde woman with the super curved monitor breaks into her best Apollo Themed inspirational speech… shit, if she went on any longer she was about to say how this was one small step for man…

Again… IT IS COOL… but remind WHY on all the theatrics if you would. We put more than a dozen men on the moon, right? Why is fly once around it 60 years later that big of a deal?

It’s OK to say “They were trying to be fun and inspiring but yes it came off a little cheesy because they’re nerds.”

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Post by ofcrpls »

samschooler wrote: post #97
bspammer wrote: post #43

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I think the actual best footage of the launch was from Everyday Astronaut on youtube, including a great shot of the booster separation https://www.youtube.com/live/QOsSRRBMNoc?t=6h49m36s

Here's another launch video uncut: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWm1pXNAOh6/

Here is the Engineering Camera Video feed from the horses mouth.

https://images-assets.nasa.gov/video/KSC-20260401-MH-AJN01-0...

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Post by randomNumber7 »

dylan604 wrote: post #152
randomNumber7 wrote: post #149

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The probability that they accidentially missed the booster separation is very low. There is also a clear incentive to cut away in case it fails.

I don't understand the logic people are using to keep repeating this. It's just yet another example of how ideas fester and spread on the internet.

No problem. I can explain it to you.

> The probability that they accidentially missed the booster separation is very low. > There is also a clear incentive to cut away in case it fails.

This is called the "premise" in logic.

"It follows that it is very likely the cut was intentional"

This is the conclusion.

All logical sound arguments are structured like this (otherwise you can come up with any conclusion).

> It's just yet another example of how ideas fester and spread on the internet.

And this is a conclusion without premise.

Re: Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps

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Post by dylan604 »

randomNumber7 wrote: post #156
dylan604 wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand the logic people are using to keep repeating this. It's just yet another example of how ideas fester and spread on the internet.

No problem. I can explain it to you. > The probability that they accidentially missed the booster separation is very low. > There is also a clear incentive to cut away in case it fails. This is called the "premise" in logic. "It follows that it is very likely the cut was intentional" This is the conclusion. All logical sound arguments are structured like this (otherwise you can come up with any conclusion). > It's ju…

You're proposing a conspiratorial level intent instead of the much easier and more likely operators not as good at their job as hoped. Occam's razor would suggest you are wrong.

Your premise is no better than Qanon premises that a pizza place had a torture chamber dungeon. Your premise is no better than an interstellar hung of rock floating through the solar system was an spaceship. Your premise is just made up out of thin air with no proof whatsoever.

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Post by ceejayoz »

NitpickLawyer wrote: post #98
dawnerd wrote: post #68

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Was going to say, I think everyone forgot about early SpaceX product quality. And NASA probably does have great video of it available, it’s just the live broadcast that missed it.

> I think everyone forgot about early SpaceX product quality. This was 8 years ago and is one of the greatest stuff I've seen in space launches. The footage is so epic that it even got replicated in SciFi series! ... https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=1313 This was 9 years ago, first droneship landing - https://youtu.be/7pUAydjne5M?t=1642 And this is 18 years ago, their first Falcon1 launch - https://www.youtube.com/watc…

So this illustrates my point quite well.

The F1 launch doesn't follow the craft and freezes as it launches. No telemetry, fancy overlays, practiced presenters, etc.

The first droneship landing and first FH flight are both long into SpaceX's evolution of how they do these videos. Today's are even slicker.

Practice has made these improve dramatically, and today's SpaceX demos blow each of your examples out of the water. That's what doing a live cast every few weeks gets you.

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Post by qingcharles »

ofcrpls wrote: post #154
samschooler wrote: post #97

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Here's another launch video uncut: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWm1pXNAOh6/

Here is the Engineering Camera Video feed from the horses mouth. https://images-assets.nasa.gov/video/KSC-20260401-MH-AJN01-0...

This was a really neat set of views, thank you.

Re: Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps

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Post by randomNumber7 »

dylan604 wrote: post #157
randomNumber7 wrote: post #156

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No problem. I can explain it to you. > The probability that they accidentially missed the booster separation is very low. > There is also a clear incentive to cut away in case it fails. This is called the "premise" in logic. "It follows that it is very likely the cut was intentional" This is the conclusion. All logical sound arguments are structured like this (otherwise you can come up with any conclusion). > It's ju…

You're proposing a conspiratorial level intent instead of the much easier and more likely operators not as good at their job as hoped. Occam's razor would suggest you are wrong. Your premise is no better than Qanon premises that a pizza place had a torture chamber dungeon. Your premise is no better than an interstellar hung of rock floating through the solar system was an spaceship. Your premise is just made up out o…

They spend 2 billion $ on a rocket and can't get a proper camera team? Which then accidentially cuts away the most critical part?

Occam's razor checks out...

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