"Rick" wrote:

"John Griffin" wrote in message
. 1.4...

NASA TV is a bad joke. Usually, it's some unattended
cameras,

You're nuts. NASA-TV is wonderful for that exact reason.

I absolutely love stumbling on e.g. live and raw video
feeds in the wee hours of the morning from the Shuttle...
No audio (except for periodic communications with the
astronauts), no glitzy schlock, nothing to get in the way
of some of the most incredible and breathtaking views
you'll ever see of our planet.

I love all that stuff too. Sometimes those little teeny windows
do get in the way of the views. It's really cool to try to
figure out where they are by looking at those breathtaking
views. If only you knew the shuttle's attitude and which
direction the camera was pointed, you could do that...
sometimes.

As for the one-sided interviews, etc, in these cases it's
either seeing that or dead air. Personally I'd much rather
see the former than the latter.

It's great fun inferring what they asked. I have more than those
two choices, though, so I don't spend much time at it.