Author Topic: nasa tv (Read 507 times)

eagl · « **on:** September 13, 2006, 09:04:36 AM »

If you guys aren't turning on nasa tv occasionally, you're missing a good show. They're broadcasting live pretty much everything even remotely interesting with the shuttle mission. I've spent the last hour watching two astronaut's helmet cams as they unbolt launch restraints holding the new space station's solar arrays in place. Fascinating how difficult it is to remove a few dozen bolts out in space, and the planning required to do something as simple as change the socket on a wrench after breaking the primary socket.

Whoops forgot the link... It's on this page:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Ripsnort · « **Reply #1 on:** September 13, 2006, 09:06:41 AM »

Lost bolts....BOOSH'S FAULT!

Yeah, I've been watching it as a background while at work at the office for a year now. Its always a conversation topic when someone comes over for coffee chat.

eagl · « **Reply #2 on:** September 13, 2006, 09:09:08 AM »

Set as background... Like windows desktop background? How ya do that?

Ripsnort · « **Reply #3 on:** September 13, 2006, 09:12:12 AM »

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Originally posted by eagl
Set as background... Like windows desktop background? How ya do that?

I meant just running on IE under all my other windows when I'm working.

eagl · « **Reply #4 on:** September 13, 2006, 09:18:23 AM »

Ah, ok. I had a freeware video player that would play DVDs or other windows media as desktop wallpaper and I was wondering if maybe windows could do that with streaming video. Since that freeware util could do it, there's no reason why MS couldn't let us set a streaming video feed as the wallpaper.

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 13, 2006, 09:25:46 AM »

Whenever I watch NASA tv theres no volume...I usually fall asleep.

eagl · « **Reply #6 on:** September 13, 2006, 09:27:10 AM »

They're talking up a storm now...

There is a link to alternate ways to watch, including a standard windows media player feed that is suitable for fullscreen viewing.

LePaul · « **Reply #7 on:** September 13, 2006, 09:28:17 AM »

Usually you can find a link via Space.Com

My Roadrunner doesnt seem to have that channel. My Dish used to, it was awesome to follow the shuttle/ISS missions on that in realtime. You really gain an appreciation and understanding of what they are doing up there.

eagl · « **Reply #8 on:** September 13, 2006, 09:30:16 AM »

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

LePaul · « **Reply #9 on:** September 13, 2006, 09:58:13 AM »

Also...

http://www.space.com/spaceshuttle/index.html Left side

moot · « **Reply #10 on:** September 13, 2006, 09:58:45 AM »

Too much packet loss for me, too bad.. freakin telco

eagl · « **Reply #11 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:00:08 AM »

Moot try one of the other feeds there. They have several high and low bandwidth feeds. I had a lot of dropouts with the windows media player feed until I upped the playback cache to max... Now it buffers nearly a minute of video before playing, and it pretty much never drops out.

moot · « **Reply #12 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:06:05 AM »

HARRR !!

The video's brightness is a bit high though.. I'm not sure if that's on the client front end or not.

eagl · « **Reply #13 on:** September 13, 2006, 10:11:41 AM »

They forgot to adjust the camera iris when he went into bright sunlight. It's better now

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 13, 2006, 04:05:43 PM »

I watch it on tv...