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Yeah it’s really taking their audience for granted. Not a good first look
by whycome 2y ago
Yeah it’s really taking their audience for granted. Not a good first look
- ragebol 2y agoYou know what's a worse look: showing your viewers 1000s of little rockets parts. Looks cool perhaps, but doesn't inspire confidence either. But damn it's annoying those delays
- fsloth 2y agoAudience? You mean all the space clients like Nasa, DoD and zillions of new space satellite vendors like IceEye etc? The public stream is nice to have but not critical. I personally felt it was obvious when the countdown was reset. IMHO the show before countdown from 10s to zero is just filler.
- echoangle 2y agoThey have some production value in the stream though, so it looks like they’re trying to make it appealing. It’s probably a recruitment tool for them.
- sbuttgereit 2y agoAudience as in taxpayers perhaps. Whether informing the public directly or indirectly by communicating with the press about the products they want public agencies to purchase isn't critical, but it could be important. Having a public that already warmly embraces your company, or at least is warmly embraced by those that might be vocal in support or not, could make some projects easier to sell vs. a public that is indifferent or even hostile.
- fsloth 2y agoThere was never harm in positive publicity - even though I think the ”new space” operators targets commercial payloads foremost. Blue origin would not become Boeing but a logistical service provider, something like Maersk, chugging in the background.
- whycome 2y agoLiteral audience. It’s a public broadcast/stream with a director and host and production design. It’s a deliberate choice to include it as part of their venture. There is value in the positive public opinion of the launch and coverage.