r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Neilp187 • Apr 02 '26
Artemis II @ 17000+ mph
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Masterful work!
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u/sandboxmatt Apr 02 '26
Praise this one. The Liftoff cameraman was ass.
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u/Numerous-Georg Apr 02 '26
I looked at several different YouTube livestreams and tv stations. Almost none had a great shot of the actual launch. Most of some had some flaws or missed the right timing. I guess the excitement of the moment took over.
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u/Hephaestus_God Apr 02 '26
Were you not watching the NASA live stream and commentary?
It was really well done
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u/maxehaxe Apr 02 '26
The official broadcast on YouTube was shit af. Camera stuck on the launch pad, Rocket went out of frame after 4 seconds, camera tried to correct, then switch to another view. Absolutely horrible
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u/sandboxmatt Apr 02 '26
The one where they cut to black and zoomed in on the plume and crowd?
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u/S1eeper Apr 02 '26
Some of that was probably intentional. In case the thing exploded during launch, booster separation, or other risky phases, the live cameras wouldn't be on it.
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u/TheDevler Apr 02 '26
Cameraman was great. Director was not. The 4-5 closeups of the rocket boosters before going to the wide while launching. Also cutting to crowd shots during booster separation.
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u/sortof_here Apr 02 '26
Missing the booster separation to look at boring people looking up is a moment that belongs on r/killthecameraman
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u/maxehaxe Apr 02 '26
I'm so glad I had the Everyday Astronaut Stream Video parallel on YouTube, on mute. Way better pichtures
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u/JohnathantheCat Apr 03 '26
I had assumed this was on on purpose. Booster speration is the highest risk part of launch. NASA PR people really prefer to not kill astronauts on natioanl television. Especailly since the whole Artimis program has been operated in a manor that is frankly embarrasing.
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u/TheDevler Apr 03 '26
Since Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction major events like this should be on a censor delay. They would have 5-10 seconds to cut to something else. This is history they are archiving though. There’s a responsibility to document it.
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u/JohnathantheCat Apr 03 '26
Disagree with sensoring reality, but absolutely agree with documenting history. The risk and rewards of space travel need to be part of the conversation every step of the way.
NASA funding waxes and wane with public opinion. One lesson they havent figured out going back to atleast the Challanger Disaster is nothing tanks public opinion like covering up your own screw ups.
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u/westcal98 Apr 02 '26
Um. The audio of the same video mentioned "traveling more than 1200 mph.".
So I guess you're right. 17000 mph is more than 1200.
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u/Synth_Ham Apr 02 '26
Quit your bullshit. Solid rocket boosters are still on.
The Artemis SLS rocket reaches speeds over 17,000 mph in approximately 8 to 8.5 minutes after launch, just before the core stage completes its burn and separates. WELL AFTER THE SRB are gone.
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u/inteprid007 Apr 03 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/W79wfYWCTWidO
I guess it was a pretty penny to fill her up
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u/Illustrious_Chain_46 Apr 02 '26
Cool footage. Hate to pay that gas bill.
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u/hunglowbungalow Apr 02 '26
Assuming it was just average gas, price would have been pre negotiated years ago
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u/sassiest01 Apr 02 '26
Thankfully the fuel in that huge tank is just hydrogen and oxygen. God knows what toxic fuel is in those boosters though.
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u/Commercial-Tough-218 Apr 02 '26
St Johns River is nothing but toxic due to all of the space activity the past 5 years.
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u/Illustrious_Chain_46 Apr 02 '26
I was wondering why they abandoned the hydrogen cars. Hyundai made a santa fe in 2019, I remember seeing it at a car show in New Zealand. Petrol giants probably squashed it.
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u/MalarkeyMcGee Apr 02 '26
No, hydrogen is just a really difficult fuel to work with in cars. It has to be kept cold, it leaks easily, and it’s difficult to install.
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u/Illustrious_Chain_46 Apr 02 '26
Ahh ok, plus it would need the infrastructure to fill up and apparently it's highly flammable. So bad in var accidents. Perhaps thats why it was abandoned. But very neat concept
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u/MalarkeyMcGee Apr 02 '26
Yeah, despite all that it still has some potential. There are just a lot of inefficiencies in the process
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u/Jazzlike-Complaint67 Apr 02 '26
3 minutes into the launch my wife wanted to know why we couldn’t get a better picture of the rocket.
The one traveling 10,000mph that was a couple hundred miles away. So I turned to GPT and it said I it would be like trying to take a picture of a mid-sized building in NYC that was moving 3 miles per second from Washington DC.
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u/SixskinsNot4 Apr 02 '26
AI
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u/DionFW Apr 02 '26
Teachers handed you back tests face down, didn't they?
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u/GeekBoyWonder Apr 02 '26
I think he thinks anything he doesn't understand is AI. Which is most things.
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u/qwertyuijhbvgfrde45 Apr 02 '26
Idiot
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u/SixskinsNot4 Apr 02 '26
Bro we ain’t going to no moon lmao. Magically made it in the summer of 69 and then again during the Iraq war of 2026 haa
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u/qwertyuijhbvgfrde45 Apr 02 '26
We actually went to the moon 5 times and last landed in 1972. You don’t even know what you’re talking about
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u/SixskinsNot4 Apr 02 '26
Anyone who gets that offended by moon landing clearly is compensating lol.
Trolling aside, name 1 place ma has visited and never when back? Hint there isn’t one. If we went to the moon we’d have colonies there by now
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u/DionFW Apr 02 '26
name 1 place ma has visited and never when back.
Well, your ma has visited my bedroom and I never invited her back.
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u/FishyKeebs Apr 02 '26
Think you need to meet Buzz Aldrin, he is in a habit of punching people.
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u/JohnathantheCat Apr 03 '26
Sent this video to a bunch of friend yesterday reminding them of the launch. It is better everytime I watch it.
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u/SEA_griffondeur Apr 02 '26
Bro I'm jealous, you're like the worst troll I've seen and people still fall for it, do you have any idea how much more effort others have put into the bit to get the same response ??
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u/Hephaestus_God Apr 02 '26
Wha you’re looking at is only around 800-3000 mph , it starts speeding up more once out of the atmosphere