Ask an Astronaut
Ranked 4 of 8 educational videos by recommenders
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.
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.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fast search and filtering
“super fast search, amazing filtering and showcasing the video”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Ask an Astronaut: 333 hours of Q&A footage with astronauts” “searching this awesome resource”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Ask an Astronaut: 333 hours of Q&A footage with astronauts” Enjoyable for kids and adults
“Awesome site, was just surprised by how many questions my kids have asked that came up missing.”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Ask an Astronaut: 333 hours of Q&A footage with astronauts” “extremely impressed! This is one of those projects I love as an adult”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Ask an Astronaut: 333 hours of Q&A footage with astronauts”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Transcripts lag and skip parts
“This is wonderful, thank you. Also, the transcript isn't keeping up and skips parts.”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Ask an Astronaut: 333 hours of Q&A footage with astronauts” Seems like a semi-hobby site
“This site is really cool, but it also seems likely to be one of the endless semi-hobby sites”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “Ask an Astronaut: 333 hours of Q&A footage with astronauts”
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What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Awesome site, was just surprised by how many questions my kids have asked that came up missing.”
“This site is really cool, but it also seems likely to be one of the endless semi-hobby sites”
“Thank you for "About this project".”
“This is wonderful, thank you. Also, the transcript isn't keeping up and skips parts.”
“extremely impressed! This is one of those projects I love as an adult”
“searching this awesome resource”
“super fast search, amazing filtering and showcasing the video”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.