NASA Spaceflight bring us Recovering SpaceX's Falcon 9 Ocean Landing Video -- How it was done
When SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket last April, most eyes were on the vehicle's passenger, the CRS-3 Dragon spacecraft, en route to another mission to the ISS. However, for many SpaceX followers, a hugely interesting aspect of the mission was its secondary objective - to bring the first stage back from space to a soft splashdown in the ocean after stage separation. While this goal was achieved, video footage suffered from heavy interference, leading to a huge crowd sourcing effort to restore the historic imagery.
This is a great tale of how the community managed to recover an historic video, and ought to remind us of what we can accomplish when we work together.
(Score: 5, Funny) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday June 29 2014, @05:15PM
That's how you Enhance.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 1) by laserfusion on Sunday June 29 2014, @09:31PM
When I see such interference in these videos I always assume they censored something.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Sunday June 29 2014, @09:48PM
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 2, Insightful) by mrchew1982 on Sunday June 29 2014, @10:38PM
I know that these people did it just for the challenge, but it sure would be nice if a multi-billionaire could show some appreciation beyond a simple thank you. Hook them up with some front row seats at the next dragon launch and give them a spiffy new laptop at least! It would really encourage lots more people to jump in on the next effort.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 30 2014, @08:21PM
"An historic" makes you sound like a preening idiot. Please, let us put away this terrible misuse of "an" before it infects even more pseudo-intellectual minds.
/does not apply to Cockney speakers
/pseudo-intellectual