[shendley]

Does anyone know which stations, besides the Nasa Channel, are going to do live coverage of Curiosity's landing on Mars tonight? I was hoping to find an HD station what was covering it.

 

[Davenlr]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ars-landing-coverage-20120803,0,1402564.story

 

[Carl Spock]

So where is NASA TV now-a-days? I went to 289 and got Disney Jr. instead of NASA.

EDIT: Never mind. I just found it at 346.

 

[Nick]

So where is NASA TV now-a-days? I went to 289 and got Disney Jr. instead of NASA.

EDIT: Never mind. I just found it at 346.

Channel 346 from which sat, cable or fios provider? :scratch:

 

[Carl Spock]

DirecTV

 

[richall01]

The Weather Channel 362 from 11p -2a

 

[shendley]

The Weather Channel, eh? Wouldn't have thought about that. So thanks for the tip!

The Weather Channel 362 from 11p -2a

 

[shendley]

I just looked and neither Nasa nor the Weather Channel give any indication of live coverage in the guide. Hope that's a mistake.

 

[dpeters11]

Not on TV, but TWIT will have a special, talking to someone at JPL, along with other guests such as Phil Plait.

Starts at 10PM pacific.

http://twit.tv/2012/07/30/mars-landing-special-aug-5th-10pm-pdt

 

[MrDad0330]

I also heard Fox News will carry it beginning at 1:30am Eastern

 

[MrDad0330]

Also, nothing is in the guide to indicate all of this...apparently last minute scheduling

 

[Davenlr]

Nasa TV HD is just showing slides and people talking about BS. So far, the only place I have seen anything is a news clip on CNN, and streaming on the net.

No wonder no one is interested in this stuff anymore.

For those interested, they moved NASA TV HD again. Now its on AMC18 105W 3760MHz 28068Ks Vertical SID:101 V:274 A:277

 

[MrDad0330]

Dave, how are you seeing NASA TV in HD...I wish...

 

[SayWhat?]

No wonder no one is interested in this stuff anymore.

Other way around. Nobody's interested so there's no coverage.

Just another way to waste tax money. People have REAL things to worry about.

 

[Davenlr]

Dave, how are you seeing NASA TV in HD...I wish...

Old big dish in my back yard on C band.
http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Order/Satellite-systems/C-Band-Satellite-System.htm

 

[dpeters11]

Other way around. Nobody's interested so there's no coverage.

Just another way to waste tax money. People have REAL things to worry about.

There are bigger wastes than the space program. It's not like the money can be moved to social programs and make a difference. Humans are explorers, we can't stop exploring in multiple fields and stop expanding our knowledge. We did that in the dark ages. Didn't really help.

 

[MrDad0330]

well put Dpeters.. we have gained alot from the space program over the decades...what have we gotten from welfare but those holdint there hands out that want us to work for them...this does not inclue the truly needy but just the lazy ones

 

[Galaxie6411]

for those on Dish 212/286, don't know of an Hd feed.

 

[dpeters11]

We probably shouldn't go there. My only real point is the entire NASA budget is a drop in the bucket compared to other areas. There's a good NYT graphic that illustrates it pretty well.

 

[James Long]

Also, nothing is in the guide to indicate all of this...apparently last minute scheduling

Yeah, I wish NASA would have given the networks more advance notice of this thing happening.

Watching the HD feed with the sides cut off is pretty bad ... especially when the graphics are not framed for 4x3.