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A real bright spot compared to lately. The messages of positivity and comradery in the live stream were a nice contrast

(That being said, I can't believe they cut to people on the ground during SRB separation!)

edit: here's better footage from Everyday Astronaut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsSRRBMNoc&t=24512s

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I completely agree on all points.

On your parenthetical point, I also agree: some really weird camera selections, and frustrating dropouts, during the crucial moments of the launch.

Nevertheless, a real triumph, and I particularly enjoyed the "full send" remark from (I think) the commander. I also really enjoy the fact that the livestream is relatively light on commentary and that most of what you hear is from mission control and the crew.

I was cussing at the director of that video stream during that. It was a totally useless shot as well that they lingered on that already had me bothered, and then to cut back to the SRBs fully separated had me in full contempt. Nothing to see here and everything to miss. It's like music videos showing the singer doing nothing while the guitarist is shredding a solo. Like WTF. You have one job, and you totally botched the hell out of it. You get what you pay for I guess. Lowest bidding contractor???

I couldn’t believe it when that happened. Intern at the controls maybe.

I took that to be the most dangerous part and they didn’t want to televise a Challenger II.

What happened to Challenger -- burn-through of a joint in the SRB motor casing -- happened well before scheduled SRB separation.

It was probably deemed a relatively high-risk moment which they did not want to broadcast in case of failure like it was when the Challenger mission exploded.

NASA had another feed that was just the view of the launch from Kennedy Space Center, no commentary. It was a few seconds ahead of the main broadcast, so it seems they already had a delay built in for the masses.

I certainly missed that one. Is it available somewhere recorded? If it is, can you please send a link to it? I'm sorry if I'm asking something stupid, it's just that I can't find anything like that and I also want to see this badly.

For some reason the Kennedy Center one is saying not available right now, but this was the link for it if it returns:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJklsJonD4

The main broadcast is still up, with the ten minute countdown starting around 5 hours and 27 minutes into it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_UjBMIzNo

Still an odd choice. It is what it is. It’s a fairly risky mission and they chose to go ahead with that. Yet they avert their eyes, like a child watching a scary scene in a movie. Like it’s somehow ok to actually risk lives of four people, but not ok to televise that.

I tried watching his video and he is insufferable. I wish him well, glad he's enthusiastic, but this isn't a CS:GO final, it's one of the most widely watched rocket launches in 50 years. You do not need to be screaming at me in the final ten seconds about how the core stage is lit, over the actual professional saying core stage lit. You do not need to repeat to me that this is a momentous rocket launch twice at T-30.

As someone who has watched launches before, it is so much better when the broadcasters keep it mostly together, and know when to be silent for periods of time. He does not know how to do that.

Agreed! I yelled at the screen when I saw that they cut away.

I also loved the shot of stage separation, but they cut away from that way too soon also!

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