Comment by jordanb
2 days ago
> The amazing views of the plasma during re-entry, something never seen live before starship, are now routine.
The word "live" is doing a lot of work here. Astronauts used to film the plasma going past the windows of Shuttle.
I remember as a kid my science textbook had a still of it to illustrate plasma.
> The word "live" is doing a lot of work here
A latency of a few seconds for streaming video compared to several months for a still photo from the Shuttle seems an entirely valid use of 'live'.
The difference here is a matter of AV technology improvements in the last 40 years.
The difference is having high-bandwidth signal pointed up / away from the wall of plasma.
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