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Wild that they manage to fly to the moon but still seem to be having those comms problems. Asking the astronauts if they’re really pressing the PTT button is wi
by echoangle 6mo ago
Wild that they manage to fly to the moon but still seem to be having those comms problems. Asking the astronauts if they’re really pressing the PTT button is wild.
- java-man 6mo agoGood thing they have redundant systems.
- wewewedxfgdf 6mo agoCellphone coverage notoriously flaky in the Pacific.
- nodesocket 6mo agoUmm it's a satellite phone.
- shermantanktop 6mo ago...and informing them which button was the PTT button. She had to say it, but it'd be hard not to react to that.
- BuyMyBitcoins 6mo agoIt’s to the right of SCE to AUX…
- spike021 6mo agoi was thinking maybe astronauts can be disoriented when splashing down and that's why they figured they should ask if the right buttons were being pushed?
- allenrb 6mo agoMy friends and I have been deriving much amusement from the comms issues. We can fly people around the moon, talk with them, send back high res video, but talk to the boat that’s close enough to swim to? Forget about it! Note: next time, pack a walkie talkie. ;-)
- bombcar 6mo agoThey missed the chance to reply "Main screen turn on."
- WalterBright 6mo agoSiri turn on main screen
- apublicfrog 6mo agoWhat you say?
- chrisweekly 6mo agoNo joke, VHF has been saving sailors' lives for a long time now.
- sho_hn 6mo agoJust like in the year 3000, we will still ask "Can you hear me?" in video meetings.
- themafia 6mo agoI give you Apollo 16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuv6TVv0r44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuv6TVv0r44
- philwelch 6mo agoThis is the same mission where the commander radioed to Houston, “I have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working”.