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Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]

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Re: Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]

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Post by sva_ »

dotnet00 wrote: post #188
whoknowswhat11 wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why such a long political speech and no views from onboard camera?

Unfortunately all the national space agencies seem to suffer from this. Both NASA and ESA also seem to think that people are tuning in to watch the smarmy politician talk rather than the robot making its way to space/landing on another body. Had the same issue with JWST for example.

I can imagine that this is a HN-bubble thing. Most people would probably get bored from just seeing some live footage.

Re: Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]

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Post by Trias11 »

The_Colonel wrote: post #71
thyrox wrote: post #47

Not asking rhetorically but why is this a big deal? Is it because it's going to the south pole? What are some other benefits to be gained from this?

Besides what others said, it gets extra spice from the fact Russia failed to do the same just days ago.

Agree.

The quicker russians will get rid of putin infestation the sooner this disgrace will end.

Re: Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]

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Post by Philip-J-Fry »

sva_ wrote: post #201
dotnet00 wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately all the national space agencies seem to suffer from this. Both NASA and ESA also seem to think that people are tuning in to watch the smarmy politician talk rather than the robot making its way to space/landing on another body. Had the same issue with JWST for example.

I can imagine that this is a HN-bubble thing. Most people would probably get bored from just seeing some live footage.

SpaceX livestreams didn't get super popular for having a politician on them. They got popular for showing exactly what's happening with enthusiastic presenters narrating it.

Most people find speeches and politicians boring. They wanna see rockets flying, robots moving, etc.

Re: Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]

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Post by sph »

sva_ wrote: post #201
dotnet00 wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately all the national space agencies seem to suffer from this. Both NASA and ESA also seem to think that people are tuning in to watch the smarmy politician talk rather than the robot making its way to space/landing on another body. Had the same issue with JWST for example.

I can imagine that this is a HN-bubble thing. Most people would probably get bored from just seeing some live footage.

That is condescending nonsense. Pretty much everybody would prefer to see rocks from outer space than hearing politicians congratulating themselves and the unity of our country.

Re: Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]

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Post by [deleted] »

Philip-J-Fry wrote: post #204
sva_ wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can imagine that this is a HN-bubble thing. Most people would probably get bored from just seeing some live footage.

SpaceX livestreams didn't get super popular for having a politician on them. They got popular for showing exactly what's happening with enthusiastic presenters narrating it. Most people find speeches and politicians boring. They wanna see rockets flying, robots moving, etc.

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Re: Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]

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Post by sriku »

sva_ wrote: post #201
dotnet00 wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately all the national space agencies seem to suffer from this. Both NASA and ESA also seem to think that people are tuning in to watch the smarmy politician talk rather than the robot making its way to space/landing on another body. Had the same issue with JWST for example.

I can imagine that this is a HN-bubble thing. Most people would probably get bored from just seeing some live footage.

Nope. Same reaction from a wide variety of people including my wife who's not in tech and doesn't know what HN or YCombinator are. She was like "let the team speak already!"

Re: Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]

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Post by abhayhegde »

veave wrote: post #175
thyrox wrote: post #47

Not asking rhetorically but why is this a big deal? Is it because it's going to the south pole? What are some other benefits to be gained from this?

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So the mission alone is unimpressive in your opinion? If you were to weed out who did this and only focus on the what, would you not have an inch of wonder and applaud the efforts?
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