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There aren't any nearby ships, for obvious safety reasons. Plus, any nearby ships would have the exact same issue - where exactly would you "feed" to, when any
by jasongill 9y ago
There aren't any nearby ships, for obvious safety reasons. Plus, any nearby ships would have the exact same issue - where exactly would you "feed" to, when any ship that far out is going to be using a commercial satellite data feed (ie, very slow and unreliable)?
- Udik 9y ago> for obvious safety reasons The safety reasons don't hold, you can easily shoot from several kms away (there are people on land several kms away from the launch pad). In the worst case, you can pilot a drone from several kms away, close enough to the barge. > any ship that far out is going to be using a commercial satellite data feed The footage from the droneship always appears perfect seconds before the landings. So it's not simply the fact of being at sea.
- nicpottier 9y agoEarlier in the feed they showed some ships that were presumably towing the drone out. I'm sure there are some that are within a mile or two. To your second question, how about a camera on a boat closer in with a hard line to a boat farther out with the satellite connection? You act as if sending a video feed is an unsolvable problem despite them beaming living video through the rest of the mission when they are in space.
- madeuptempacct 9y ago"ie, very slow and unreliable" Yea, right - Tesla can't afford a radio off shore. Sure.