Originally Posted by
TURIN
Look, we've been through this before.
Not everyone is as informed as you are. There will be thousands of people tuning in who have no clue what's going on. They need spoon feeding in easy to understand fashion.
Nonsense. Firstly, it has nothing whatsoever to do with how 'informed'
I am. The levels of understanding in 1969 were far less than they are today yet the Apollo programme commentaries were on a vastly more scientific and intelligent level. It is crazy to treat the entire audience as if they are dim twelve year olds and that they are incapable of understanding new concepts.
Frankly I'm rather shocked to find there really are some on this forum who appear happy with such trite, trivial and endlessly repetitive levels of reportage, let alone to snipe at those who aren't...
Yup. There's a lot of very well informed content out there along side this; just pick your channel, same as you don't get your news from {Insert hated source here} and trust {Insert your usual here} instead.
I did look briefly for decent alternative sites but found none, perhaps those in the know might be thoughtful enough to post alternatives for watching future launches live?
As for the extra weight, they sure as hell would have the fuel burn dialled in OK so I'd surmise the extra is to more realistically test the chopsticks and control systems at a weight more representative of future heavier boosters.