Critics Call For NASA TV To "Liven Up" 305
An article in the LA Times calls NASA out for failing to make broadcasts on their dedicated television network as entertaining as they can be. The author, David Ferrell, complains that fascinating subject matter is often fraught with boring commentary and frequent, extended silences, making most people quickly lose interest. Quoting:
"Witness one recent segment about the recovery of a Soyuz capsule upon its return to Earth. The dark, bullet-like object landed in the featureless steppes of Kazakhstan, about 50 miles outside the unheard-of town of Arkalyk. Coverage consisted of video shot from an all-terrain vehicle approaching it — mostly soundless footage of tall grass going by — with an occasional word by an unnamed commentator. 'You can see the antenna that deployed shortly after landing,' the commentator said in that deadpan tone shared by scientists and golf announcers. The camera chronicled the tedious extraction of three crew members weakened by spending six months in orbit; they were loaded one by one onto stretchers. 'Again, a rather methodical process,' the commentator noted, as if grasping for something — anything — to say. Later: 'The official landing time has been revised to 1:15 and 34 seconds a.m., Central Time. The official time was recorded at the Russian Mission Control Center . . . by the Russian flight-control team.' ... Where is Carl Sagan when you need him?"
Where is Carl Sagan when you need him? (Score:5, Funny)
Dead.
Re:NASA TV for Dummies? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Where is Carl Sagan when you need him? (Score:3, Funny)
Making an apple pie from scratch.
I can see it now (Score:2, Funny)
Just let Rupert and his team manage it...
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Re:HEAR HEAR!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Yes that would be...terrible.
Re:Where is Carl Sagan when you need him? (Score:1, Funny)
Well, Pauly Shore is available, not dead, and stoned out of his gourd! Hire him..
Re:NASA TV for Dummies? (Score:0, Funny)
No, thanks.
I already fell like I'm living inside "Idocracy" when I happen to see any given network news show.
You talk like a fag.
Re:This ain't MTV! (Score:1, Funny)
There's a difference between turning NASA broadcasts into Spike TV with Space Capsules and actually trying to be a little less boring than going through airport security.
As someone who enjoys strip searches, I reject this characterization.
NASA TV Is NOT boring... (Score:5, Funny)
Live feed when astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper lost her tool bag!
Nicole Stott's very fine ass in full frame for about 10 minutes as she closed out a hatch!
Ohh ok, I know I am going to hell for that second reference and I know she is smarter then I am, and no I am not denigrating her, but dayum she does have one nice butt!
So there you have it, titillation AND adventure, so leave our channel alone!
Re:If you want to know what's wrong with "lively". (Score:4, Funny)
(don't even try to U-turn if you're on a bidirectional street).
As opposed to the U-turn on the one-way streets?
Re:If you want to know what's wrong with "lively". (Score:3, Funny)
tl;dr
Re:I like NASA TV how it is. (Score:2, Funny)
Garbage. There's nowhere near enough of it.
Re:NASA TV for Dummies? (Score:1, Funny)
No, thanks.
I already fell like I'm living inside "Idocracy" when I happen to see any given network news show.
You talk like a fag.
And his shit's all retarded.
forget Carl Sagan... (Score:3, Funny)
... we need to get someone like Steve Irwing!
"Crikey! Look at the size of that capsule!"