# Ask an Astronaut

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/ask-an-astronaut/

7 people recommended Ask an Astronaut in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

7 of the 7 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Ask an Astronaut: 333 hours of Q&A footage with astronauts”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a fast, searchable archive of astronaut Q&A videos with good filtering; the common caveat is that transcripts lag behind and skip parts.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast search and filtering (2 comments in the sample): "super fast search, amazing filtering and showcasing the video" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174915)) "searching this awesome resource" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174960))
- Enjoyable for kids and adults (2 comments in the sample): "Awesome site, was just surprised by how many questions my kids have asked that came up missing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48244060)) "extremely impressed! This is one of those projects I love as an adult" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48175132))

## What people warn about

- Seems like a semi-hobby site (1 comment in the sample): "This site is really cool, but it also seems likely to be one of the endless semi-hobby sites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48179066))

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- [Digital Show & Tell by Monty Montgomery](https://hackerapproved.com/p/digital-show-tell/): 6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ask an Astronaut", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ask-an-astronaut/ (7 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.