Family member has a cool job

Posted by dburst_@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 33 comments

A family member of mine has worked on the Artemis I and Artemis II. It’s so awesome seeing his dream come true working at NASA and I’m totally jealous of this photo he got! Hope you all enjoy!

FTZ2 200-500mm

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SlapThatAce@reddit

Can he tell us who was the one that decided to show the crowd instead of booster separation?

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UpdateDesk1112@reddit

That’s the first thing that comes to mind when you see that picture? At least come up with something new to complain about.

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UpdateDesk1112@reddit

I’m not angry at all. I’m disappointed that the lowest common denominators people aren’t able to enjoy things without trying to be cute.

You see a beautiful picture of a tech marvels and all you can do is crack a lame joke that has already been repeated a million times.

And then all you got is “chill”? Are you even trying to have a thought of your own?

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Longjumping_College@reddit

Im like 99% positive it's because the camera they were on tried to change settings for further zoom and totally missed the shot.

But yeah, that broadcast was a cluster fuck of oops, bad camera shots.

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NonPoliticalAcct3646@reddit

I laughed at T-0 because it was almost like the camera operator wasn’t sure which way the rocket was gonna go 🤣

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Looked like one of the cameras had an issue as it was a black screen when they tried to switch to it twice. Then they went back to the camera that was supposed to be stationary on just the initial lift off and you can tell they were like pan up, pan up! But it was too late and slow so they switched to a far away camera.

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DietCherrySoda@reddit

Pan up would be "tilt".

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Candid_Highlight_116@reddit

any camera movement's desire'd by The Director at location's can be a pan /s

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Reddit_reader_2206@reddit

it's tricky to rehearse this sort of thing...

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Longjumping_College@reddit

Sure, but that's why they get paid what they do is to know how

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MutedAstronaut9217@reddit

watch spaceflightnow instead? At least you know for next time.

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BusyContract2599@reddit

lol

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UpdateDesk1112@reddit

This is a great shot.

What is the over/under of posts on Artemis that we will stop having people bitch about the broadcast instead of enjoying the story?

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Just-Smart-Enough@reddit

On Reddit, or in the real world?

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UpdateDesk1112@reddit

On Reddit. In the real world I personally have t had a single conversation about cutting to the crowd.

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8ackwoods@reddit

Should have strapped the camera crew to the rocket as well

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Mal-De-Terre@reddit

Yawn. Get over it.

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8ackwoods@reddit

Take a joke

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PatMyHolmes@reddit

I'm sure it wasn't the camera who made the decision to cut to graphic. They likely kept rolling. Some producer decided that.

I wonder if it was due to inherent danger at that point. Was there a conscious decision to maybe not broadcast a life-threatening failure?

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HorsieJuice@reddit

I have a family member who worked on the shuttle program and then ISS since then. It’s cool, but also a government contracting job, but with even more tedium and process than usual, because, ya know, spaceships. He had a seat in mission control for a while, which, as an outsider, was so fucking sick, but got old for him because he had to work a lot of nights.

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b4rk13@reddit

Great pic! His job is out of this world!

(I’ll see myself out!)

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dburst_@reddit (OP)

He would love this dad joke 😂

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A7III@reddit

Did you edit the photo he sent you or was this his edit?

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dburst_@reddit (OP)

Not my edit. Direct post from him.

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