You're concerned about the video production? We're excited that people are actually going somewhere for a long overdue change! I am a fan of what SpaceX has done as well but when have they sent people on a moon orbit? This feels like a sudden leap forward!

Regarding SpaceX, it appears they have a rolll in the Artimus program so it's not like these are competing interests.

Wasn't just you, the NASA feed was a giant missed opportunity that detracted from what was otherwise a great launch from a technical perspective. There's zero excuse for a jittery ground camera that couldn't track the rocket for even two mins and had to cut away to the crowd instead of actually showing booster separation. They have launches multiple times a week to get those cameras and operators calibrated. No reason they couldn't have had a timeline graphic at the bottom of the screen with milestones and basic telemetry. The commentary was almost worthless and even their computer simulated graphics were so dark that it was difficult to see anything.

While adding a starlink antenna probably would have been a $1B charge and decade delay from these contractors, the vehicle video feeds sent via TDRS showed how outdated that network is.

The successful launch of the Artemis II was definitely inspirational, a treasure to watch, and no matter what your views are, you wanted this to be a perfect launch. These events bring out the kid in all of us, just see below with the BBC clip. I just wish the camera would have kept rolling for a few more seconds, as at the end, you really get to hear the roar of those engines. I still believe that nothing could beat the launch of the Space Shuttle, that was pure magic.

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c8r4e7jpkz6o

Yes I do care about the production. Our entire world and therefore how we interact with it is a production. How people who are not excited about space flight see it is important. I said I was excited and wishing them the best, however the production value of it took away from the event. Considering we put people into orbit around the moon 60 years ago, while this is cool, it's not a leap forward, more like remembering how we did it. I felt very detached from the event. I dont know, I was just underwhelmed by it and as a fan of space and space exploration, if I am underwhelmed I can only imaging people with a passing interest probably were not blown away either.

For clarity, a leap froward from what we’ve been doing. Certainly not all leap forward from Apollo, which ended before I was born a long time ago.

And I’’m not expecting them to produce the next Star Trek movie. I just want to follow what’s going on.

I’m not trying to take away from it or the crew, honestly. Perhaps I should have led with just how good SpaceX is at producing their launches and the quality of the broadcast.

It really has shown just how far behind, at least in respect to this issue, NASA is from SpaceX.

The project objective is to build a moon base serviced by an orbital station. Dealing with no atmosphere, pegged rad meter, temperature extremes and lack of water or arable dirt, tbd. Although the Chinese have claimed some success with trials indicating freeze dried moo goo Gaian may have a nearly indefinite lunar shelf life and tastes like the real thing once reconstituted with chem scrubbed urine?

The real news in the space world is the IPO of SpaceX in June.

This mission is a test flight, not a leap forward on its own. It is one step in certifying the hardware that will be an integral part of the leap forward which is coming. A leap that Apollo hardware was not capable of achieving.

After watching the Starship test launches, we saw the difference the Starlink downlink can make to launch, orbit, and recovery video coverage. I was surprised by the lack of timeline and informational graphics for the launch. Both SpaceX and Blue Origin do a much better job. That shouldn't have been difficult to do.

What I find disappointing about SLS is that it is 100% expendable hardware which dramatically increases cost. At the moment, SLS is the only launch system that can launch very large, very heavy payloads on high-energy deep-space trajectories, in a single shot, with the biggest fairing class available so it is what meets the mission requirements today. Starship has the potential to replace SLS, at far lower cost, in the future.

100in TV. You really had to mention the size?