sandworm101 2 days ago

Didnt they get caught when a launch went badly but their narrator keep reading from the script, reporting events that clearly were not happening? I would watch a technical stream, but i can read a canned script myself.

  • synarchefriend 2 days ago

    No, that never happened.

    • dredmorbius 2 days ago

      I distinctly recall that occurring. The event was 28 January 1986, and whilst I didn't watch it live, I did catch it within a few hours.

      Though that wasn't a SpaceX launch.

      <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disas...>

      The launch broadcast narration continued for several seconds following the vehicle explosion reporting either telemetry or programmed flight path information before breaking script with the infamous announcement "There's obviously been a major malfunction". Various reports I've seen are that the previous commentary was based on telemetry rather than watching video.

    • imglorp 2 days ago

      There was an F9 loss early in the program where the presenter was overcome by emotion. I would love to find an archive of all the launches including that one.

  • cybrox 2 days ago

    Unintentional remedy: with Starlink now giving them HD video coverage for the whole flight, I doubt they would be able to do this convincingly anymore. (Assuming they ever did. I do not know about any such launch)