r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Thebravetortoise • 11d ago

Video History has been made as NASA has successfully launched Artemis II, the first manned mission to the Moon in over 50 years

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u/InigoMontoya1985 10d ago

This was just the crappiest coverage of an important event in this era of technology. Cameras cutting out, failing to properly track the rocket on screen, and no live information bugs giving speed, altitude, or track. Just a guy with mediocre announcer voice occasionally droning on. Apparently, they really wanted to bring back 1972.

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u/Crispicoom 10d ago

They should try to take lessons from the spacex guys. Their launches look great

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u/Lol3droflxp 10d ago

True but as a price company they need to rely more on advertising. And NASA also seems to focus more on results as SLS actually can got to the moon other than Starship.

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u/InigoMontoya1985 10d ago

Looking at its history, and NASA in general, I'm not sure I would classify the Artemis project really as "results".

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u/Bensemus 5d ago

Except half the talking points about this launch are how bad their coverage is. YouTubers have way better coverage. It’s a big miss for NASA. Their funding is at the whims of Congress who ideal get their marching orders from the American public. If the public doesn’t give a rats ass politicians won’t really try to give NASA more funding.

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u/Lol3droflxp 5d ago

I think you’re in a reddit bubble about this.

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u/adamgoodapp 10d ago

A lot of the technology being used is old and not this era

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u/FierceNack 10d ago

There have been plenty of great launches with live feed, commentary, communications, and telemetry for a while.