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Does anybody know if we will be watching a simulation or actual footage? I am asking because the livestream of the last failed moonlanding this year didn't fea

Does anybody know if we will be watching a simulation or actual footage? I am asking because the livestream of the last failed moonlanding this year didn't feature a single second of footage. None.

jvm___ 3y ago
Why won't the people landing on the moon cater to me?
- _visgean 3y ago
  but seriously why would they not? If they have something nice to show of why not? This is publicly paid project (by indian tax payers) that is political in its nature. Why not show as much as possible?
fractalb 3y ago
It's simulation for sure. Would there be sunlight to view it live?
- ethbr1 3y ago
  Yes. For solar panel purposes they're landing in the lunar day (14 Earth days?). Edit: At the start of a lunar day, which equals 28 Earth days. (Source: BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-india-66576580 https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-india-66576580 )
vivegi 3y ago
There's no footage from the last one as the lander crash-landed on the surface of the moon. NASA reported locating the Vikram Lander's debris in Dec 2019: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/vikram-lander-found https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/vikram-lande...
dotnet00 3y ago
Definitely no footage, at most maybe a picture if it lands successfully. The only footage we have of any spacecraft landing anywhere other than Earth is either from Apollo or the Perseverance skycrane deployment. If they do have footage, it'll be like the latter, retrieved after the fact.
- lionkor 3y ago
  Thats not accurate, there is "footage" of other spacecraft, such as the first soviet venus lander or so
imglorp 3y ago
This one has onboard cameras and there are curated videos from other phases of flight at the OP link.
- the-dude 3y ago
  Thank you, I missed that.
caeruleus 3y ago
It was mentioned they were receiving footage continuously. I think when all monitors are shown, in the middle you can discern pictures being rendered. Edit: They called this out now, it seems those are live pictures.
NKosmatos 3y ago
The lander external view is simulation, but they have a camera (Lander Imager Display) looking downwards that is transmitting live photos every couple of seconds (center, top right on the main screen).
- downboots 3y ago
  can the frames received be stitched into an animation video using some kind of image interpolation algorithm?
  - NKosmatos 3y ago
    They did it officially from ISRO: https://twitter.com/isro/status/1694713817916473530 https://twitter.com/isro/status/1694713817916473530
    - downboots 3y ago
      Nice . I was wondering about the algorithm
- suyash 3y ago
  Though it's disappointing to see simulation, it makes sense as there is no external vehicle to capture the live video and stream it. The lander cameras are showing realistic video though. In principle, it should be clearly stated which is real and which is sim.

Does anybody know if we will be watching a simulation or actual footage? I am asking because the livestream of the last failed moonlanding this year didn't feature a single second of footage. None.

jvm___ 3y ago

Why won't the people landing on the moon cater to me?

_visgean 3y ago
but seriously why would they not? If they have something nice to show of why not? This is publicly paid project (by indian tax payers) that is political in its nature. Why not show as much as possible?

fractalb 3y ago

It's simulation for sure. Would there be sunlight to view it live?

ethbr1 3y ago
Yes. For solar panel purposes they're landing in the lunar day (14 Earth days?). Edit: At the start of a lunar day, which equals 28 Earth days. (Source: BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-india-66576580 https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-india-66576580 )

vivegi 3y ago

There's no footage from the last one as the lander crash-landed on the surface of the moon. NASA reported locating the Vikram Lander's debris in Dec 2019: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/vikram-lander-found https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/vikram-lande...

dotnet00 3y ago

Definitely no footage, at most maybe a picture if it lands successfully. The only footage we have of any spacecraft landing anywhere other than Earth is either from Apollo or the Perseverance skycrane deployment. If they do have footage, it'll be like the latter, retrieved after the fact.

lionkor 3y ago
Thats not accurate, there is "footage" of other spacecraft, such as the first soviet venus lander or so

imglorp 3y ago

This one has onboard cameras and there are curated videos from other phases of flight at the OP link.

the-dude 3y ago
Thank you, I missed that.

caeruleus 3y ago

It was mentioned they were receiving footage continuously. I think when all monitors are shown, in the middle you can discern pictures being rendered. Edit: They called this out now, it seems those are live pictures.

NKosmatos 3y ago

The lander external view is simulation, but they have a camera (Lander Imager Display) looking downwards that is transmitting live photos every couple of seconds (center, top right on the main screen).

downboots 3y ago
can the frames received be stitched into an animation video using some kind of image interpolation algorithm?
- NKosmatos 3y ago
  They did it officially from ISRO: https://twitter.com/isro/status/1694713817916473530 https://twitter.com/isro/status/1694713817916473530
  - downboots 3y ago
    Nice . I was wondering about the algorithm
suyash 3y ago
Though it's disappointing to see simulation, it makes sense as there is no external vehicle to capture the live video and stream it. The lander cameras are showing realistic video though. In principle, it should be clearly stated which is real and which is sim.