Slashdot Mirror
Critics Call For NASA TV To "Liven Up"
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?"
Dead.
See? it's already affected my spelling...
I still cannot find the droids I am looking for...
Just let Rupert and his team manage it...
NEXT on FOX NASA - TERRORISTS IN SPACE
Could Iranian sleeper agents be infiltrating NASA? We'll explore classified documents that show a government cover up of a plot to fly the next space shuttle into DOWNTOWN NEW YORK. Millions of people will be killed, and the government doesn't want you to know. STAY TUNED...
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Next, he'd be asking that the NASA scientists all be replaced by nubile eighteen year old actresses who do a slow strip while discussing solid-rocket "bustier."
Yes that would be...terrible.
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.
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.
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!
Hey KID! Yeah you, get the fuck off my lawn!
(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?
it was like that when I got here.. I wasen't here when that happened... second shift musta done that....
tl;dr
rewriting history since 2109
Garbage. There's nowhere near enough of it.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
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.
... we need to get someone like Steve Irwing!
"Crikey! Look at the size of that capsule!"
if (!signature) { throw std::runtime_error("No sig!"); }