Launch News SpaceX: Inspiration4 mission.

[Notebook]

SpaceX: Amateur astronauts launch on Inspiration4 mission

The all-civilian Inspiration4 crew leave Earth on their three-day private spaceflight.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[4throck]

The lack of any sort of update after the launch is a frightening. Are they ok ? Not even a tweet or a photo out of the window...

 

[statisticsnerd]

The lack of any sort of update after the launch is a frightening. Are they ok ? Not even a tweet or a photo out of the window...

We could go the conspiracy theory route and say that there was no one inside of the Dragon capsule that launched last night and the crew members were filmed at a set in Hollywood. LOL

 

[Urwumpe]

The lack of any sort of update after the launch is a frightening. Are they ok ? Not even a tweet or a photo out of the window...

Maybe terribly spacesick.

 

[4throck]

Agreed, and to be expected. But some sort of update would be good. Even if it was a soviet style "all parameters normal".

 

[kuddel]

Space sickness being my 1st guess, NETFLIX exclusive being my 2nd.

 

[Urwumpe]

Space sickness being my 1st guess, NETFLIX exclusive being my 2nd.

Yeah, but that would be no reason to not post a small update. I suspect, its sleep phase after launch day now, so in a few hours will be the first "morning" of FD2 in space.

 

[llarian]

Updates seem to be coming from Space.com:

https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-inspiration4-updates

 

[kuddel]

Usually people twitter tweet once they've got a nice meal (independent of any sickness)....
Not doing so when reaching orbit is strange, I'll have to admit.

 

[4throck]

An unofficial update:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1438538774305288204

"Families are in regular contact and all is well."

 

[N_Molson]

If you spend millions dollars for a space trip and don't post pictures on social media... you must look very sick

 

[Urwumpe]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1438563409935540226

 

[Thunder Chicken]

The lack of updates might be deliberate news silence due to the crew bickering about who gets to look out of the cupola:

"I wanna look!"

"Nuh uh! It's my turn!"

"You already had an hour in there..."

"I'm telling Elon you were mean."

 

[PhantomCruiser]

If I can find it, I think someone had posted a selfie with that window in the background. If I can find it again I'll link to it.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Exterior of cupola:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1438359359898066944

 

[Notebook]

SpaceX: Inspiration4 amateur astronauts return to Earth after three days

The four amateur astronauts landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean after three days orbiting Earth.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[TheShuttleExperience]

What about high quality video from orbit? No downlinks? No tapes? Even NASA and ESA arrived in 2021 in this regard...

 

[TheShuttleExperience]

If you spend millions dollars for a space trip and don't post pictures on social media... you must look very sick

I guess it's because they are not really trained to be astronauts in terms of profession. Actually they are "just" tourists onboard an autonomous spacecraft. Astronauts are even trained for public relations. I guess tourists are not.

 

[Urwumpe]

What about high quality video from orbit? No downlinks? No tapes? Even NASA and ESA arrived in 2021 in this regard...

They did that via livestream - but not all the time. Maybe for marketing, since there is also a Netflix show about it.

 

[TheShuttleExperience]

They did that via livestream - but not all the time. Maybe for marketing, since there is also a Netflix show about it.

Ah, yeah, I guess it's just what it is: "commercial" spaceflight. Never got enthusiastic about Netflix. If the scientific and institutional part is missing, it somehow gets out of my focus ? Seems I am boring ? But I liked the series of Skott Kelly about his one year in space by the Time magazine. Difference though...