Posted on 09/22/2021 7:48:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The unusual silence from the crew led many to believe it was due to the private nature of the mission. Or was SpaceX’s leadership interfering? Or did a toilet malfunction render the interior of the craft too horrifying for public consumption?
But now, two days after the capsule returned safely back down to Earth, we may finally have an answer from the mission commander himself.
“The actual answer is that we only had so many ground station passes to transmit video,” commander and billionaire funder of the expedition Jared Isaacman wrote in a early Monday morning tweet, responding to Berger’s original comment.
The live video broadcast on Friday had to be relayed through the International Space Station.
It’s a rather unusual limitation to the mission, given the fact that SpaceX has sent over 1,600 Starlink broadband-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit — and shows that even with near-infinite resources, space-Earth communication remains a tough nut to crack.
Over the weekend, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk promised that there will be “free wifi next time,” while also apologizing for pizza being served cold.
(Excerpt) Read more at futurism.com ...
Wallowtiz Zero-G toilet?
Their broadcast was a dud -- "look at this picture I made!", good job! We'll put this on the refrigerator! The best thing was the ukelele solo. And the supposed do-gooder reason, to help St Jude's, would have made more sense if the money spent on the flight had just been donated instead. Get wokey, stay dopey.
The view through that cool dome? Nowhere to be found, thus far. The whole bunch belong in the Fail Army.
Ah! That makes sense.
For example, this is literally of the crew (mostly the young female, must be a Biden idea) and the stupid hatch cover, instead of sticking a camera up into the dome immediately. Idiocy.
Inspiration4 crew opens Dragon’s cupola for the first time
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Sep 22, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T-exE-DRRo
A little love for this guy, if so inclined:
https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceXcentric/videos
Here’s his political channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/CloudLickerOfficial/videos
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