It's all fun and games until someone gets voted out an airlock

February 5, 2010 10:58 AM

On February 1, a new 24-hour internet-only reality show was launched by the same folks who brought us Apollo 13. Live Feed. Main site. Catch the action (from a distance). How the "set" was built. Cast interview (video). Official press release.
posted by zarq (15 comments total)

NASA TV Links for Employees (not available to general public)

Because there you can see NASA employees getting it on in space.
posted by stormpooper at 11:02 AM on February 5, 2010

Now you can use the Internet to see how astronauts live and work each day aboard the International Space Station, complete with calls to Mission Control and no pesky ads.

That's gonna last. Or is the kind of "no ads" that NPR and PBS have where they continually list "sponsors" and do "product reviews"?
posted by DU at 11:16 AM on February 5, 2010 [1 favorite]

Hey, come on, DU, Ronald McDonald is just a viewer like you.
posted by Sys Rq at 11:57 AM on February 5, 2010 [2 favorites]

If you'd prefer not to watch through the web page, put this feed into VLC or similar.

I love NASA TV anyway, and the idea of watching the ISS at any time is very cool. I don't think I ever really grew out of wanting to be an astronaut.
posted by ZsigE at 12:11 PM on February 5, 2010 [2 favorites]

So how do we vote off the astronauts we don't like?
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 12:16 PM on February 5, 2010 [1 favorite]

ZsigE, thanks! :)
posted by zarq at 1:03 PM on February 5, 2010

DU has a red afro, enormous feet, and wears pajamas out in public? What a freak!
posted by five fresh fish at 1:32 PM on February 5, 2010

So how do we vote off the astronauts we don't like?

Ah yes -- the time-honored concept of "spacing" an antagonist. Open the airlock door, HAL!
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 1:33 PM on February 5, 2010

So how do we vote off the astronauts we don't like?

Dave, the AE-35 unit is malfunctioning. Someone will need to EV and fix it. We took a vote and volunteered you.
posted by zarq at 2:24 PM on February 5, 2010 [1 favorite]

So how do we vote off the astronauts we don't like?

Actually, the first problem is getting Jeff Probst up there.
posted by dhartung at 5:47 PM on February 5, 2010

Will it be as fun and salacious as Jersey Shore?
posted by JiffyQ at 10:35 PM on February 5, 2010

Will it be as fun and salacious as Jersey Shore?

Who needs bronzer when you've got Tang?
posted by Sys Rq at 11:00 PM on February 5, 2010

My favorite crew member of Expedition 22 is flight engineer Soichi "The Situation" Noguchi.
posted by tfmm at 10:33 AM on February 6, 2010

Just wait until Clay Anderson gets back up there next month. That guy is a riot.
posted by intermod at 11:02 AM on February 6, 2010

When I load the page, I see the dude on the ISS but get no sound. If I use that exact same .asx URL in VLC I get sound but only from Mission Control, no space. Wha.
posted by DU at 5:42 PM on February 8, 2010