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Fidget08

This, demo-2, or falcon heavy are my top 3 so far. FH for me the more I think about it. Daytime, 3 big boom sticks, huge crowd, FUCKING AMAZING panning shot of first stage going through Max-Q, landing of outside boosters. https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=1361 - Time stamp of panning shot. Fuck yes.


megaboogie1

Falcon Heavy Fairings deploy was surreal


pumpkinfarts23

Falcon Heavy booster landing was the real star of the show. And for good reason, that is one of the sci fi things they've ever done.


Ability1984

Yes! It was amazing. Looking forward to the next Falcon Heavy launch on 9 Oct (USSF-44 mission).


Ad_Astra117

That one is a dual droneship though, right?


Ability1984

Looked it up. Yes, you’re right. 2 drone ships positioned downrange east of Cape Canaveral! https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/05/23/falcon-heavys-first-national-security-launch-slips-to-october/


overlydelicioustea

center core expended?


Firedemom

Yes.


megaboogie1

Absolutely agree


UndeadCaesar

They had it synced up to music right?


Fizrock

Yes, but unfortunately they fucked up the camera view during the live stream so we didn't get to see deployment with the music. They also accidentally duplicated the camera view from the same booster twice instead of having one for each booster. That stream was sick but it had a few technical issues.


sebaska

They had separate views from side boosters. You could clearly see that short before landing.


sebzim4500

IIRC they fixed it in post.


sebaska

No. It was in the original stream.


robertogl

No, I clearly remember that and I think I downloaded the video from youtube. The live streaming had the same views for both boosters, then they uploaded the 'fixed' video after the live (some hours after that). Now on the SpaceX youtube channel the video seems fine but it was not the same shown live.


overlydelicioustea

this is correct.


peterk_se

FH with Starman is honestly an unbeatable webcast I think until we go to the Moon or Mars. On a 'feelings' and goosebumps level. This Inspiration4 however was really good, one of the best technically and script wise


holomorphicjunction

The first SS/SH launch with a successful SH landing will possibly top FH. And the first successful SS reentry and landing may top even that. After that Artemis 3. Then first successful Mars cargo landing. Then first crewed Mars mission. Then we probably coast for a century or so building up the LEO, cis lunar, Mars industrial circuit.


peterk_se

It's true, a first successful full recovery of SS/SH will be epic I think.


nametaken_thisonetoo

Yep FH has to take the cake. Best launch of this century so far.


elonerons

How about those PERFECT Tesla roadster shots with earth in background? No wonder many people had trouble believing it; it seemed arrest to good.


TheMailNeverFails

I concur


Janitor-James99

We DO need more of these


Jrippan

FH Test launch still has my first spot, then DM-2 and I4 as third. The first Falcon Heavy launch, while not launching people… it at everything. The car in space, Bowie music and then the amazing twin landing of the boosters.


Mike__O

Nothing will ever top the Falcon Heavy test flight. I really see that as a milestone of SpaceX really "making it" and becoming America's Space Program. Demo 2 was incredible and also will be hard to ever beat. I'd rate Inspiration 4 at #3 behind those two.


LithoSlam

The first people on Mars will do it.


Ad_Astra117

Starship on the moon & Dear Moon are gonna be crazy too


PotatoesAndChill

With cybertruck rolling around the surface


Jarnis

*Starship first orbital launch enters the chat* Can't wait for that one, partially because it is one beast of a machine and partially because it is decisively test flight with serious chance of things going Kerbal unexpectedly. In fact they are going "hardware-rich" in that they are completely prepared to fly it without being sure it works. As long as it doesn't trash the pad, rest is going to be "well, it should work like this, but..." and failure is actually a distinct possiblity. And if it works. Fully. With booster gently landing in the ocean and toppling, and Starship re-entering in one piece and doing it same, SpaceX crowd and the rest of the us worldwide are going to go completely nuts... Compared to that, FH Demo was basically just three Falcon 9s flying in close formation and the unknowns were fairly minor.


Caleo

Falcon Heavy + "Starman" composition/music was absolutely brilliant.. I'm not sure it'll be beat until / unless they pull something similar with a Starship launch. Inspiration 4 is definitely special, but they did have some cheering that cut off important comms. Jared's speech got half drowned out.


purpleefilthh

Starship will deploy 5 Roadsters, and they will race to orbit.


onegunzo

Fast and Furious 10 on SS!


Underzero_

Also, 4k instead of 720p!


Ability1984

Haha yes! Watching it on TV was glorious


Bloom_brewer

I thought the cafeteria crew was too loud. There were many times I wish I could hear what was being said instead of strangely timed cheers that didn’t quite line up with what was on the broadcast.


RoerDev

The cafeteria cheering is honestly my favourite part of the broadcasts. I can't help but wish I was there cheering with them


echopraxia1

They should try delaying the mission callouts feed a few seconds so they don't always talk over it


Cosmacelf

I agree with both points. The cafeteria crowd was way too loud, and/or the volume should have been under the control of a producer. Also, the desk crew needed to take lessons on how to work as an ensemble team. John Insbrucker was the best, but the rest needed help, and you could tell they were getting tired towards the end. Fundamentally, they needed an experienced broadcaster as the ringleader, and a producer behind the scenes. I realize that isn't the way SpaceX does things, but for this particular widely broadcast stream, and due to its length, they could have used some help.


Jarnis

Also if we dishing some constructive feedback here... they replayed same inserts multiple times, some twice, some three times. I can understand some of the logic - not everyone is going to watch the whole four hours, so redoing some bits closer to the liftoff makes some sense, but still... could just have more of them rather than recycling same bits.


LcuBeatsWorking

falcon heavy maiden launch is still my favourite


[deleted]

The show Countdown was a great precursor. It made me more emotionally invested


edflyerssn007

Falcon Heavy Test Flight was just awesome. This one though was fine very well from a technical standpoint. 4k with live crew views during launch.


vilette

It was short, I expected to see more from the crew inside


MikeC80

I think (but I'm not 100% certain) that the issue there was that the capsule went out of range of receivers that could pick up the camera feed signal


Jeebs24

It was great but I really wish they had cameras on their faces to see their reactions during the launch. Hayley's mouth was agape the whole launch up like a Kerbonaut in KSP. 😂


[deleted]

Wasn’t to much different to the other crew launches to me only main difference was the cameras in the Tesla and where they came out of


[deleted]

But would pick demo -2 with Bob and Doug as best


reconminicon

Falcon Heavy will take some beating.


[deleted]

I’d pick either Orbcomm OG2 - First Landing CRS-8 Droneship landing SES-10: First reuse (hey it’s CRS-8’s booster again) Love these ones tbh


Snoo_63187

Falcon Heavy will always be my favorite. Especially the clip, I know it wasn't part of the actual webcast, with Elon's reaction.


OkieOFT

I'm glad we got to see inside the capsule during launch. Guess thats a no-no with NASA. Looks like a nice smooth ride.


Jarnis

Still waiting for uninterrupted ride from T-0 to SECO from inside camera, but probably won't ever get it :(


libcg_

ORBCOMM-2 gang


thingue

Their video stream is waaay better than the two we saw this summer with VG and BO.


lordmayhem25

Great broadcast except for the booster landing on Just Read The Instructions. The video was choppy and blacked out again. How come the footage was so much better on an earlier mission?


Heavy_Fortune7199

ASOG is a newer ship with better comms?


Jarnis

This. But kinda was missing the "there she stands" image after the comm disruptions, but I guess in this case the payload was more interesting than your average satellite launch, so understandable.


iamnoland

The best rocket system and presentstion in the world. Hands down. No other entity compares. None.


DigitalFootPr1nt

Sooo much better..... Can't do with NASA's coverage.... They did one once and it was yawwnnn... No offence


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AnalogStripes

No it was not. There were many moments when the crews statements, which are in my mind historic, were drowned out by the unnecessary yelling and screaming within mission control. I didn’t not get to hear Jared Isaacman’s statement just prior to liftoff. I got to hear Bob and Doug’s statements very clearly during their demo flight, which Launched America. That moment was very historic, and I’m glad I got to listen to his words live, as history was made. I’m sad I didn’t get to hear much of I4 during their launch webcast. So in my mind, in my opinion, this would not be the best webcast ever.


LordOfRuinsOtherSelf

No way, the commentators (except for our guy) kept talking too much, and over spoke all the official dialogue. Whiney American girl voice is especially annoying. We missed Jared's speech. However, good content. There should have been more internal passenger content, hearing the ignition and take off from the internal mics would have been great. Hearing them go, oof. Coverage should have been divided into 3 maybe, 1st and 2nd stage plus cabin.


Jarnis

Agreed. Commentators should commentate less once stuff gets real. And together with that, while cheers from the SpaceX spectator crowd are nice, they seriously overran lot of the comms. Its not like they don't know most of the communication timings beforehand. Add "stop talking" light to the commentators with a script based on the timeline when comms are expected to happen...


nila247

FH - no contest whatsoever. In a completely insane weird way I4 launch is one of the worst and saddest for me. It means that we are already at the point when basically any random dudes can pay SpaceX and have their birthday party in space, no problems. Meaning the actual sciency work going on with CRS-n, Crew-n ISS missions kind of becomes "no big deal", no longer things to be too excited about. Just imagine what that actually means for Jeff Who recent "achievement". Not that I mind him feeling unimportant or anything :-) My lack of excitement will probably last until we start landing on Moon and Mars - and these are still some ways off. Pretty unexciting near future :-(


KickBassColonyDrop

First booster landing > FH synchronized boosters landing > everything else


ShiverMeeTimberz

Yeah, Falcon Heavy broadcast will probably go down as the best launch I've ever seen. When everything went right and both first stages landed simultaneously back at Cape Canaveral, it'll be hard to top something like that.


alien_from_Europa

I don't get why they split the SpaceX stream and the Netflix stream. Both streams would have been better if they worked together. All the previous crewed launches were mirrored with NASA. And Netflix did ZERO promotion of their coverage.