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[docmordrid]

Does anyone else feel like a regular camcorder is capable of superior visual quality than some of these spotter cameras are providing? 

Those are IR cams designed for other purposes where resolution isn't a big deal.

[simonbp]

Regular camcorders aren't transmitting live from a little airplane in the middle of the ocean.

[butters]

That was fun. Let's do it again!

[sanman]

Does anyone else feel like a regular camcorder is capable of superior visual quality than some of these spotter cameras are providing? 

Or a cell phone!

Yeah, I guess I just wanted some better visuals for an historic moment like this, which should be kept for posterity.

Oh well, plenty more launches where that can happen. Makes me glad that things are shifting to the private sector, because you know that little equipment things like this will also upgrade faster. I'm sure they'll be renting their own spotter planes, etc eventually.

[Lars_J]

Does anyone else feel like a regular camcorder is capable of superior visual quality than some of these spotter cameras are providing? 

Or a cell phone!

Yeah, sure, filming with a cell phone (or regular camcorder) from a distant P3 Orion would be far superior. 

[Rocket Science]

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[Rex Chan]

Does anyone else feel like a regular camcorder is capable of superior visual quality than some of these spotter cameras are providing? 

Those are IR cams designed for other purposes where resolution isn't a big deal.

I'm going to guess these cams have a REALLY BIG zoom lens. So for the pic to be that stable, is actually very good. That plane is prob a few miles away from the Dragon? SO to be able to even see it is amazing.

[sanman]

Well, I hope that some better quality images are coming up, then

[corrodedNut]

I wonder how long PRW will keep running those ads. So far, SpaceX has stayed on the "high road". If they change their minds, they can have this one from me, no charge:

At SpaceX, we don't make attack ads...we make HISTORY.

[Lee Jay]

Great mission, SpaceX.  Well done!

Now all you have to do is repeat this, every time, without failure.  No problem. 

[majormajor42]

Boats!

[Robotbeat]

that was about as perfect a mission one could hope for given all the "firsts" that had to happen... Well done SpaceX...   


now.... when is the next launch       

To be honest, far more perfect than probably anyone could've hoped for. Yes, minor glitches, but you'll always have those on a complicated vehicle. Having redundant systems, in my experience, means you're much more likely to see those glitches in the first place.... and the nice thing about redundancy is that you can see the glitches well before they imperil your mission.

It increases the number of "near misses" and decreases the number of actual failures. You can learn as much from the near misses as from failures, allowing you to perfect the systems faster without having the pain of real failure.

Single-string is simpler, and you won't see as many glitches, which also means you won't be able to learn from them... plus the lack of redundancy means a glitch can much more easily kill you.


Wooo, SpaceX!

[daver]

Is there any chance that Elon's mini-me will jump out of the Dragon?

[MP99]

Is it me, or does Musk sitting in the front watching the landing with his back to the rest of the company just strike anyone else as a pre-Vatican II mass?

Or, since he's looking forward he's not "looking over the shoulders" of MCC-X's crew.

cheers, Martin

[docmordrid]

Does anyone else feel like a regular camcorder is capable of superior visual quality than some of these spotter cameras are providing? 

Those are IR cams designed for other purposes where resolution isn't a big deal.

I'm going to guess these cams have a REALLY BIG zoom lens. So for the pic to be that stable, is actually very good. That plane is prob a few miles away from the Dragon? SO to be able to even see it is amazing.

Processed it a bit. Better?

[sanman]

What's that Mission Elapsed Time again?

[DaveJ576]

come to think of it...
this was actually the first spacecraft splashdown i have seen live ever (or first in my lifetime for that matter)

Sheesh... Rookies! I remember watching all of the Apollos from 11 on hit the drink.



 

[sanman]

Oh, and are we going to hear about any special secret payload, like Wheel of Cheese? Is there something like that this time?

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Agreed.

Mike griffin among others, who is by the romney's space policy advisor, has been quoted as saying

"well it should fly at least 6 to 7 times more before we let crew on it" ,delaying, retoric, ect. the usual.

Anyway does not give me alot of hope for commercial when a presidential candidate that has a fairly good chance of winning has mike griffin advising him on space policy, and griffin once again proves how much of an idiot he is.


This mission is ground breaking, and it has really opened a new era, now sit back and watch as the usual suspects on the hill try and sabotage it.

[FinalFrontier]

Oh, and are we going to hear about any special secret payload, like Wheel of Cheese? Is there something like that this time?

Its classified cheese. Cheese that can be used to destroy ICBMS and things like that.


Also the cheese is nuclear.