ISS in Real Time
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6 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.44.
Execution: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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Impressive labor of love and public-domain archive work
From 3 comments
Awesome work! Surely a huge labor of love to dig up that much content out of the public domain. Congrats on the launch!
jamesmontalvo3 on HNIncredible, such a clear labor of love! Thank you for sharing it with the world!
mwigdahl on HNThis is unbelievably amazing. Instant favourite, along with the Apollo 11 replay site https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/
FredPret on HN
Useful for education and historical context
From 1 comment
Extraordinary work. We’re able to go back to the dates and times when our labs were operational. This context is profound for our engagement with schools around the world. Well…
tagami on HN
Objections
ISS loses ground connection often, limiting a constant live feed
From 3 comments
I'd love to have a real 24-hour feed of the Earth from the ISS on my wall. But in reality, the ISS loses ground connection constantly.
phendrenad2 on HNNot really constantly. For 20 seconds every 30 minutes or so when it changes what satellite it’s pointed at, plus longer outages throughout the day depending on satellite usage…
jamesmontalvo3 on HNThat's not been my experience. Have you tried watching it for a full day?
phendrenad2 on HN
Requests
Historical record of ISS telemetry data
From 2 comments
Is there a historical record of the data that appears through the ISS stats tracker? https://iss-mimic.github.io/Mimic/ Lots of interesting information in there, like how much…
extraduder_ire on HNYes and no. I have 7+ years and counting of telemetry recordings but I don't know of a resource that would let me get all of it historically. If you know of one, please let me…
bfeist on HN
List of science and inventions the project led to
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Is there a list of useful science/inventions that this project has led to?
Areading314 on HN
Questions
Is there a historical record of ISS stats tracker data?
From 1 comment
Is there a historical record of the data that appears through the ISS stats tracker? https://iss-mimic.github.io/Mimic/ Lots of interesting information in there, like how much…
extraduder_ire on HN
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Apollo in Real Time
From 2 comments
This is unbelievably amazing. Instant favourite, along with the Apollo 11 replay site https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/
FredPret on HNIs stated in the linked article but in case anyone missed it: same creators as Apollo in Real Time
jamesmontalvo3 on HN
ISS Mimic stats tracker
From 2 comments
Is there a historical record of the data that appears through the ISS stats tracker? https://iss-mimic.github.io/Mimic/ Lots of interesting information in there, like how much…
extraduder_ire on HNI turned the awesome work of the ISS Mimic into a Prometheus+Grafana stack a while ago: https://github.com/radiergummi/iss-metrics Never got around to create bespoke…
9dev on HN