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A comment on Starship Flight 5 [video].

Re:Starship Flight 5 [video] by goodgrief99 on Sunday October 13, 2024 @11:52AM (#41829034)
Why don't they mount moving video cameras? I mean, the second part of the fly is pretty boring. They shows us a view from 2 static cameras. Is it so difficult to make one camera moving? With 360 degrees view. Show us the shape of the earth the full circle, show us the moon. Is it so hard?
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Re:Starship Flight 5 [video] by DiggyJohnson on Sunday October 13, 2024 @11:54AM (#41829055)
Yes what you’re describing is nearly impossible.
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Re:Starship Flight 5 [video] by _flux on Sunday October 13, 2024 @04:26PM (#41831279)
I don't think they'd need to actually have moving cameras (I think this is what the poster meant) to give a 360 degree view, but 360 degree cameras (well, 180 because they're right next to an obstacle) that could be reprojected to 2d.
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Re:Starship Flight 5 [video] by lutorm on Sunday October 13, 2024 @04:03PM (#41831081)
The primary purpose of having those cameras is to gather test data, not provide entertainment.
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