Don't believe everything you see on TV... or Facebook:
People have been getting very excited about videos from the International Space Station (ISS) apparently broadcast "live" on Facebook - but they are not what they appear to be. The pictures are certainly stunning - astronauts in space suits apparently working outside the ISS against the background of the blue orb of the Earth.
Huge numbers have watching and commented on the feeds. Some 17m people viewed the "live" on Unilad's Facebook page and another 26m people watched four hours of footage on Viral USA's page. They appear to be old material from between one and three years ago. The eagle-eyed may have noticed that there was no mention of any such Facebook live on the social media accounts of NASA or the ISS, which would seem unusual.
Next up: live footage of the Challenger explosion.
Also at Newsweek and The Verge.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 28 2016, @11:28AM
That's live recording, not live broadcast.
(Score: 1) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Friday October 28 2016, @01:25PM
Even live broadcast has some kind of delay.
The one you cannot avoid is the speed of light.
For modern digital broadcasting, there is a frame-buffer, which will delay you at least 1 frame.
Streaming on the Internet will typically add another 30 seconds or so.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 28 2016, @02:03PM
Whoosh ... see drussel's comment :-P