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It's hard enough to train a camera on race cars speeding by at 250+ kilometers an hour.

But 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.

It 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.)

I 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.

Well, 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.

Yeah 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.

I can get a gimble for my phone that can follow me running. What could NASA do?

SpaceX manages it for their launches

They also launch every 2-3 days. They’ve just had so much opportunity to perfect that.

SpaceX 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-ho...

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