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It's hard enough to train a camera on race cars speeding by at 250+ kilometers an hour.
by spike021 6mo ago
It's hard enough to train a camera on race cars speeding by at 250+ kilometers an hour.
- thombat 6mo agoBut it isn't speeding by, it's heading away following a closely predetermined trajectory. A better analogy would be filming a high-altitude aircraft flying away from you, using a gear-driven tripod mount.
- mobilefriendly 6mo agoSpaceX manages it for their launches
- exitb 6mo agoThey also launch every 2-3 days. They’ve just had so much opportunity to perfect that.
- dmix 6mo agoSpaceX also has Starlink which helps provide live video feeds on the ships and also higher bandwidth for telemetry. https://www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2024/02/08/now-we-know-how-spacex-can-livestream-falcon-9s-landing/ https://www.spacevoyaging.com/news/2024/02/08/now-we-know-ho...
- ssl-3 6mo agoIt is hard, but Everyday Astronaut had a manually-operated camera with a 2,000mm lens that captured everything from engine start all the way through a reasonably-clear view of SRB separation. In 4k, at 720fps. (I didn't bother with watching the NASA feed.)
- dingaling 6mo agoI wish we'd known this before the launch Both myself and my 12yo were disappointed by the NASA feed, it was more like the matter-of-fact coverage of 'routine' Shuttle launches of the 1980s than something worthy of this historic mission.
- ssl-3 6mo agoWell, now you know. :) Always watch Everyday Astronaut's live feeds for rocket launches. It's the primary gig for some of those involved, so they care a lot about making it something that is both informative and superb.
- IshKebab 6mo agoYeah I watched the official feed because SpaceX's official feeds are always the best thing to watch for their launches and I guessed the same would be true for NASA. Especially since this whole program is essentially a PR exercise. Oh well.
- justinator 6mo agoI can get a gimble for my phone that can follow me running. What could NASA do?