Crazy that a dude from Iowa and his ragtag group of rocket watchers does a better job with launch coverage than NASA. I can't believe they cut away during booster separation. Absolute shit show.

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therouwboat 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

maybe they should turn back and do it again

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ssl-3 2 days ago | parent [-]

This isn't the last run for this rocket, is it? We'll do it again.

And when we do it again, maybe we should pay the dude from Iowa (who has made a career out of things like streaming rocket launches on video) to provide his team's shots and editing for the official live feed when launch time comes up.

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gus_massa 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Remember to post the link in HN next launch:

something like> It's better to watch the tivestream for DudeFromIowa that usualy has a better coverage than Nasa http://www.youtube.com/whatever .

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reaperducer 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

We've already seen what happens when you allow social media types to infect the government.

Let's not foster any more of it.

	▲	ithkuil a day ago \| parent [-]
		I wouldn't mind if they were actually competent in what they do.

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reaperducer 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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."

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ssl-3 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

So an organization as large as NASA can either walk, or chew gum -- but cannot do both at the same time?

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unregistereddev 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Eh, separation of concerns. Given NASA's PR budget, it seems reasonable that they should be able to produce quality launch coverage.

The many people involved in safely launching a rocket are not responsible for providing launch coverage, and the people who provide launch coverage are not allowed to interfere with the many people involved in safely launching a rocket. If they're going to do a bad job at one of those jobs I'd much rather they do a bad job at providing launch coverage, but the two are not mutually exclusive.

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groby_b 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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.

	▲	reaperducer a day ago \| parent [-]
		That is the worst possible take. Really? You lack imagination.