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Looked like a perfectly nominal launch. SpaceX has some good hardware, hopefully they can pump out some more of it. I liked the Pokemon Go meme at the end of t
by generj 10y ago
Looked like a perfectly nominal launch. SpaceX has some good hardware, hopefully they can pump out some more of it.
I liked the Pokemon Go meme at the end of the webcast, even if the host crew's acting was fairly poor.
- batguano 10y ago> ... even if the host crew's acting was fairly poor. I find the SpaceX reporters to be much more informative (and much less irritating) that the standard network morons. These are (mostly or all, AFAIK) actual SpaceX employees, with both genuine passion for the program and knowledge of the mission. And if they are a little less polished than many TV journalists, they make up for it in enthusiasm, as well as just dorky adorableness.
- generj 10y agoOh, I don't disagree with you. There is a depth of genuine emotion, and they inform without dumbing down what is actually going on. By watching several hosted webcasts, I've learned esoteric details I wouldn't have otherwise. Sometimes it is a little too unpolished for me though - the guy running his pencil down a chart of mission activities was pretty weird. The whole time I was thinking: is the timeline for the next few activities not on your laptop screen?
- gozur88 10y ago>I find the SpaceX reporters to be much more informative (and much less irritating) that the standard network morons. Jeez. Talk about a low bar. The problem with most journalists is they don't really know anything, so they just repeat what people tell them. These folks have a huge advantage in that they're only covering a single subject, and they understand that subject very well.
- dogma1138 10y agoIirc the casters are engineering employees that are rotated with every launch. They do selection mostly to make sure they are photogenic enough and can face a camera but they aren't professional reporters.
- JshWright 10y agoThey have been pretty constant for the last few launches (just swapping out which John is doing the 'technical updates').
- TrevorJ 10y agoThey aren't TV hosts, they are engineers - I think it's pretty neat how they man the hosting crew with people who actually work on the rockets.