The Delta IV Orion Launch... RECORDING HERE! (Soon)

[SpaceXray]

I've seen two or three Shuttle launches, at least one was at night. Quite spectacular.

I was one of the lucky ones who was still able to witness them. No more, now.

Aww you're so lucky! I never even got to see it once, and I guess I'll never be able to, ever

But hey, I am lucky enough to have seen the Apollo 12 capsule.

My friend who is a space and aerospace fanatic like me only flew on a plane 2 times in his life abroad.

I just want people to really appreciate what they have and do the best they can to put that moment in their life in the notebook in their heart forever.

Edited December 3, 2014 by SpaceXray

[Aningaaq]

Zoo you should take these kind of launches seriously. A crappy iphone 4 camera won't do.

You do realize a ton of people have never seen a real rocket launch with their own eyes?

Some people(like me) never even saw a real life space shuttle or F22. Now imagine how lucky you are to see NASA's future spacecraft launch, in fact, its first. And you want to present us with a video from a crappy iphone 4 5 megapixel camera?

You do realize the thing doesn't even have optical zoom!

Go out there and lend a PROPER camera right now, and also grab a tripod to stabilize it.

Thank the stars you are so lucky and be so kind as to provide us with a unique video. Thank you.

Btw can you embed a countdown timer into the main post?

P.S. Like someone already mentioned, using a DVD is the worst possible way to store info in the 21st century.

Be serious and make sure to SAVE that footage for years to come.

Put it on an external hard drive.

Put it on a DVD for fun.

Back it up to a cloud service.

Upload the video to YouTube and/or Vimeo.

Done. Your video will be safe for decades.

As someone who does photography: The worst thing to tell someone is to go buy a nice camera just for one event. No offense, just saying that it always seems like a good idea at the time but it is not worth it. But yeah, if you planned buying a camera eventually, now would be a good time!

Also to the OP, any amateur video is appreciated. It is better than nothing. Here is a tip to reduce shake on your camera. You can bring a bag of beans or other cushion to stablize your phone while you hold it.

[sndrtj]

Well I'd put it on a USB or something like that- but I don't trust that... So got any better ideas? :/

Tape. Old technology, but lasts long.

[Scotius]

Dude, clay tablets Properly baked clay lasts forever. Today we can read sumerian clay tablets without any data loss (if they were stored properly, of course)

[Nibb31]

Tape. Old technology, but lasts long.

No it doesn't. The magnetic charge tends to get wiped out after a while. Tapes have to be duplicated on a regular basis. There are departments in NASA whose job is to continuously rewrite data tapes from the old science missions to new tapes before they get corrupted, which is a neverending job as the amount of data continuously grows.

[sndrtj]

No it doesn't. The magnetic charge tends to get wiped out after a while. Tapes have to be duplicated on a regular basis. There are departments in NASA whose job is to continuously rewrite data tapes from the old science missions to new tapes before they get corrupted, which is a neverending job as the amount of data continuously grows.

Is there any digital medium that DOES work?

Perhaps we should use DNA (as plasmids) in stead. You can freeze it adequately well for decades, and recreating it is dead easy (just let some bacterium copy your plasmids for a good few hours, and then refreeze). The expensive part is reading it out; you need a sequencer for that.

[ZooNamedGames]

Is there any digital medium that DOES work?

Perhaps we should use DNA (as plasmids) in stead. You can freeze it adequately well for decades, and recreating it is dead easy (just let some bacterium copy your plasmids for a good few hours, and then refreeze). The expensive part is reading it out; you need a sequencer for that.

how the heck would that help here??? Im not a billionare!

[ZooNamedGames]

Zoo you should take these kind of launches seriously. A crappy iphone 4 camera won't do.

You do realize a ton of people have never seen a real rocket launch with their own eyes?

Some people(like me) never even saw a real life space shuttle or F22. Now imagine how lucky you are to see NASA's future spacecraft launch, in fact, its first. And you want to present us with a video from a crappy iphone 4 5 megapixel camera?

You do realize the thing doesn't even have optical zoom!

Go out there and lend a PROPER camera right now, and also grab a tripod to stabilize it.

Thank the stars you are so lucky and be so kind as to provide us with a unique video. Thank you.

Btw can you embed a countdown timer into the main post?

P.S. Like someone already mentioned, using a DVD is the worst possible way to store info in the 21st century.

Be serious and make sure to SAVE that footage for years to come.

Put it on an external hard drive.

Put it on a DVD for fun.

Back it up to a cloud service.

Upload the video to YouTube and/or Vimeo.

Done. Your video will be safe for decades.

BRO- IM NOT A PHOTOGRAPHER. Suck it up! This is the best I can give you- realize- I DONT have to record this for you! This is a GIFT! So be grateful you can see what I see .

[ZooNamedGames]

Aww you're so lucky! I never even got to see it once, and I guess I'll never be able to, ever

But hey, I am lucky enough to have seen the Apollo 12 capsule.

My friend who is a space and aerospace fanatic like me only flew on a plane 2 times in his life abroad.

I just want people to really appreciate what they have and do the best they can to put that moment in their life in the notebook in their heart forever.

I am- but please understand Im a young age college student with limitations!

[ZooNamedGames]

No it doesn't. The magnetic charge tends to get wiped out after a while. Tapes have to be duplicated on a regular basis. There are departments in NASA whose job is to continuously rewrite data tapes from the old science missions to new tapes before they get corrupted, which is a neverending job as the amount of data continuously grows.

Really? How often? I've got videos made in the 80s and they work fine.

[Kryten]

Really? How often? I've got videos made in the 80s and they work fine.

Highest you'll get guaranteed is 30 years, and that's for modern specialist archival tape. Anything more is a gamble.

[ZooNamedGames]

GOOD NEWS!

I got ahold of a small camcorder for the launch! So yay! .

So stop complaining!

[ZooNamedGames]

Highest you'll get guaranteed is 30 years, and that's for modern specialist archival tape. Anything more is a gamble.

Hm. Well have they tried storing it in an attic? Since they still work fine...

The biggest issue with a tape in my eyes is the tape LITERALLY freeing itself from the cassete or letting a 2 year get their hands on it.

[SpaceXray]

GOOD NEWS!

I got ahold of a small camcorder for the launch! So yay! .

So stop complaining!

1. Congrats!

2. I was never complaining, I was just giving a suggestion.

And please, can you NOT post 4 posts in a row?

[Nibb31]

Really? How often? I've got videos made in the 80s and they work fine.

Video tapes are not digital. Even with half the data missing, they can still be read to some extent. Lose too many random bits in a digital stream and your data is corrupted.

[WooDzor]

so where is the android countdown ap.. I don't want to miss this :-/

[sndrtj]

how the heck would that help here??? Im not a billionare!

You don't need to a be a billionaire for this, although probably a millionaire, so the following is just a thought experiment. DNA can last of tens of thousands of years if stored properly, so if you want good data retention, well.., i think you get my point Anyway , it sounds more complex than it is. Just read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_digital_data_storage. Storage isn't the cost here (you only need a prinprick of DNA), but data encoding (= creating artificial DNA without template) is difficult and very expensive.

Edited December 3, 2014 by sndrtj

[ZooNamedGames]

1. Congrats!

2. I was never complaining, I was just giving a suggestion.

And please, can you NOT post 4 posts in a row?

I apologize for the multi-spam- I'd prefer for it to be in a nice little "comment-"updated"-comment" style thing but I was to slow to get it .

- - - Updated - - -

so where is the android countdown ap.. I don't want to miss this :-/

Current MET: T-0D:12H:35M:30S

[ZooNamedGames]

You don't need to a be a billionaire for this, although probably a millionaire, so the following is just a thought experiment. DNA can last of tens of thousands of years if stored properly, so if you want good data retention, well.., i think you get my point Anyway , it sounds more complex than it is. Just read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_digital_data_storage. Storage isn't the cost here (you only need a prinprick of DNA), but data encoding (= creating artificial DNA without template) is difficult and very expensive.

ah. Makes sense now .

[zekes]

epic! i can't wait

[ZooNamedGames]

epic! i can't wait

Neither can I!! T-0D:11H:48M:40S

[ZooNamedGames]

Alright Gentlemen. I am leaving for the launch now.

MET: T-:0D:7H:3M:10S.

So no more news until I return! Wish me luck! (or more importantly it).

[SpaceXray]

Alright Gentlemen. I am leaving for the launch now.

MET: T-:0D:7H:3M:10S.

So no more news until I return! Wish me luck! (or more importantly it).

Wish you luck!

[astropapi1]

Well, crap. I got home and my internet connection is gone, they must be doing some repairs or something. I guess this wouldn't be so important if the goddamn D-IV-H carrying Orion wasn't going to lift off in 7 hours.

Guess it'll be all over the news when I wake up, then. Good luck Orion!

[Talisar]

I hope ZooNamedGames got a good viewing location. It's about an hour and a half to launch time, and I'm sitting over at Port Canaveral to watch the launch, and it's packed here. I can't imagine how it is trying to get into the KSC viewing locations.