NASA Launches Its Own Streaming Platform (gizmodo.com) 17
The U.S. agency dedicated to pushing the boundaries of space exploration is finally exploring the barest edges of the modern livestreaming era. From a report: NASA has announced it's launching a beta for on-demand streaming content through NASA+. Oh, and if you couldn't already guess, that "+" in the logo is shaped like a little twinkling star. The agency didn't put an exact date on launch, but said it should be coming "later this year." To start, the new ad-free streaming service will be available on NASA's beta site and on an upgraded NASA app. The new web page is supposed to front load the topical space news of the day such as information about the Artemis program. The agency promises to promote content from across its different web services and add new features to its science-focused site. Whenever it comes, NASA promised this new streaming service won't require a paid subscription, and it should be available on both iOS and Android.
What about... (Score:2, Troll)
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> Instead they now outsource rockets and build streaming platforms.
Saturn V was built by Boeing, Douglas, and IBM.
Werner Von Braun and his crew supervised/coordinated.
NASA also built TV systems for the moon landing, and remotely controlled the camera that captured the LEM ascent.
Somehow perfectly framed at a 3s delay, but the operator was either lucky or gifted or something else.
Mostly contractors managed by NASA. Mostly dual-use technology too.
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You forgot NAA when you listed the builders of the Saturn V. NAA build the S-II stage.
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>>Somehow perfectly framed at a 3s delay, but the operator was either lucky or gifted or something else.
If it was done a sound stage, that would be too easy.
x-files noises
Censored content (Score:2, Funny)
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nasa tv 4k is still FTA? (Score:2)
nasa tv 4k is still FTA?
Plus? (Score:3)
So adding "plus" to your name seems to be a convention in naming streaming services, just like putting an "x" or an "i" on everything is...er, was the cool thing to do twenty some years ago.
when Slashdot+ ? (Score:2)
Cmon Slashdot Media, where's the new streaming tech channel? World needs a new Screensavers knock off. Someone call Leo Laporte
Why waste the effort? (Score:2)
Why the hell waste the development time and resources when they could just continue to use Youtube or other available platforms that would effectively be free to them? I'm all for more outreach and public information, but this makes absolutely zero sense.
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Well, YouTube and such aren't great for live content. They're great for pre-recorded content and short live sessions, but if you're streaming content 24/7 like NASA TV, YouTube is quite a bad platform to do it on.
Next, there's the whole government and priva
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Exactly. Government should not be using private companies to disseminate its content. The most egregious cases are all the local governments using Facebook. This forces citizens to become patrons and supporters of those companies, and subject to whatever information collection and other unpleasant practices of those companies.
Star shaped? (Score:2)
> that "+" in the logo is shaped like a little twinkling star
No it isn't. "*" is shaped like a star. "+" is shaped like a plus sign.