> NASA launches do evoke a feeling of substance over form

For real?

I was rolling my eyes hard at:

    GC systems go?

    GC systems go for all for humanity!

And then the VERY scripted pre-launch speeches. It’s like everyone there had been taking notes from inspirational hero movies.

It’s cool. But let’s not act like going around the moon is the most historic thing ever… since we’ve already done it plenty, right?

▲ snowe2010 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

They literally played clips from actors in recent moon movies so yes, they definitely were taking notes from movies.

▲ daveguy 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The entire prelaunch is scripted. Safety is the point of prelaunch checklists and polls. Why would you get bent out of shape over each of them being able to give their own response to the final call before launch?

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SV_BubbleTime 2 days ago | parent [-]

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?

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mylies43 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean are they really larping? They are mission control for NASA seems like if anyone is going to giving dramatic pre-launch sentiments they would be the ones

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daveguy a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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?

	▲	SV_BubbleTime a day ago \| parent [-]
		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.”

▲ reaperducer 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

What NASA does goes in the history books.

What SpaceX does goes in quarterly reports.