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Title: nasa tv
Post by: 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
Title: nasa tv
Post by: Ripsnort 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.
Title: nasa tv
Post by: eagl on September 13, 2006, 09:09:08 AM: Set as background... Like windows desktop background? How ya do that?
Title: nasa tv
Post by: Ripsnort on September 13, 2006, 09:12:12 AM: Quote
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.
Title: nasa tv
Post by: eagl 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.
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Post by: BlueJ1 on September 13, 2006, 09:25:46 AM: Whenever I watch NASA tv theres no volume...I usually fall asleep.
Title: nasa tv
Post by: eagl 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.
Title: nasa tv
Post by: LePaul 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.
Title: nasa tv
Post by: eagl on September 13, 2006, 09:30:16 AM: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Title: nasa tv
Post by: LePaul on September 13, 2006, 09:58:13 AM: Also...

http://www.space.com/spaceshuttle/index.html (http://www.space.com/spaceshuttle/index.html) Left side
Title: nasa tv
Post by: moot on September 13, 2006, 09:58:45 AM: Too much packet loss for me, too bad.. freakin telco
Title: nasa tv
Post by: eagl 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.
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Post by: moot on September 13, 2006, 10:06:05 AM: HARRR !! :D

The video's brightness is a bit high though.. I'm not sure if that's on the client front end or not.
Title: nasa tv
Post by: eagl 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 :)
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Post by: BlueJ1 on September 13, 2006, 04:05:43 PM: I watch it on tv...
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Post by: nirvana on September 13, 2006, 07:41:28 PM: The streaming video won't play for me on 2 of those websites posted. It's actually kinda disappointing.
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Post by: DREDIOCK on September 13, 2006, 08:22:19 PM: Let me know when on some future shuttle mission they start studying and broadcasting sex from space.

Sex in weightless conditions. Now THAT would be interesting:D
Title: nasa tv
Post by: dmf on September 13, 2006, 08:30:25 PM: Quote
Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Let me know when on some future shuttle mission they start studying and broadcasting sex from space.

Sex in weightless conditions. Now THAT would be interesting:D

Only you would think of that LOL. that make a whole new level of "high club"
Title: nasa tv
Post by: nirvana on September 13, 2006, 08:55:45 PM: They did a study on sex in space, they said that it would be extremely hard to keep in physical contact causing more sweat to be generated which would then float into the air. Fantastic!:aok
Title: nasa tv
Post by: DREDIOCK on September 14, 2006, 01:01:47 AM: Quote
Originally posted by nirvana
They did a study on sex in space, they said that it would be extremely hard to keep in physical contact causing more sweat to be generated which would then float into the air. Fantastic!:aok

Agreed. But how do you study something without actually doing it?

I'll wait for the real results.
In fact I volounteer to take part in the real tests :aok
Title: nasa tv
Post by: Excel1 on September 14, 2006, 05:59:35 AM: Quote
Originally posted by DREDIOCK
In fact I volounteer to take part in the real tests :aok

Good news.. you got the job

meet yer other half :)
(http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2005/01/19/dd_spacemonkey.jpg)
Title: nasa tv
Post by: dmf on September 14, 2006, 06:28:03 PM: Don't do it DRED, thats my exhusbands mother!
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Post by: DREDIOCK on September 14, 2006, 08:14:16 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Excel1
Good news.. you got the job

meet yer other half :)
(http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2005/01/19/dd_spacemonkey.jpg)

sorry Excel,
You aint my type :)
Title: nasa tv
Post by: DREDIOCK on September 14, 2006, 08:15:52 PM: Quote
Originally posted by dmf
Don't do it DRED, thats my exhusbands mother!

You mean Excel1 is your ex mother in law???

My condolences

but she must provide great entertainment at family BBQ's LOL
Title: nasa tv
Post by: dmf on September 14, 2006, 08:28:24 PM: Quote
Originally posted by DREDIOCK
You mean Excel1 is your ex mother in law???

My condolences

but she must provide great entertainment at family BBQ's LOL

Uh, no Excal1 is not my exmotherinlaw I wouldn't wish that on anybody, I thihk she doubled as a Klingon Female, without makeup sometimes
Title: nasa tv
Post by: DREDIOCK on September 14, 2006, 08:40:25 PM: Quote
Originally posted by dmf
Uh, no Excal1 is not my exmotherinlaw I wouldn't wish that on anybody, I thihk she doubled as a Klingon Female, without makeup sometimes

wouldnt wish what on anyone? Exel1? Or your mother in law?

Really? hmmmmm

Should hook her up with Mustaine then

If he liked the Salsa dancer he'd love her LOL