Not knowing what is going to happen is exactly the thing. When people watched the moon landing, or a shuttle launch, they shared the anticipation, tension and h

Not knowing what is going to happen is exactly the thing. When people watched the moon landing, or a shuttle launch, they shared the anticipation, tension and hope. Anything could go wrong at any time, and sometimes it did. Watching something that is happening right now feels like it has more weight to it. Watching something like this after the fact you most likely already know what's going to happen and it will not have the same emotional impact. Plus, whatever the outcome is, it's in the past. Someone brought 9/11 as an example and that's definitely a good one. You can watch the videos online and feel grief, anger, sorrow. But you already know it happened. You will never watch this footage thinking this can't be real, this isn't happening. You will never have that sobering experience after the fact since you now live in a reality where it already occurred.