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Re:SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online start... by GaryNumanVevo on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:17PM (#22260419)
Their HD live streams have been amazing. If we had any Saturn V rockets still around, I would pay to see a launch with all their cameras installed.
Re:SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online start... by Robotbeat on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:42PM (#22260683)
You're in luck. SLS is the rocket being built by NASA (and contractors) and is the same class as Saturn V and will launch in a year or two. (SpaceX's Starship likely to do the same.)
Re:SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online start... by geerlingguy on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:50PM (#22260757)
Hopefully they will build in the same level of remote cameras as SpaceX does. It's way more fascinating to watch a live view from the rocket, 2nd stage, etc. on SpaceX's streams than to see a 90s-era-quality 3D rendering of a 2nd stage in orbit with a few data points in Courier on the screen.
Re:SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online start... by Robotbeat on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:09PM (#22261441)
The last decade of Shuttle launches had fantastic remote camera and ground tracking coverage (including 4K and views from the SRBs and external tank after separation), even better than SpaceX's. In part they did this because they were watching for potential foam strikes, etc, but it makes for a fantastic view.

SLS is likely to have an even greater level of video documentation since technology will have progressed another decade and it will be such a high profile event (versus the regular Shuttle launches). I suspect many of these views will be live, too.