NASASpaceflight livestream
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Recommended for knowledgeable hosts who answer chat questions and give better coverage than official streams. Common caveat: casting quality is uneven and some hosts ramble.
Recommended for knowledgeable hosts who answer chat questions and give better coverage than official streams. Common caveat: casting quality is uneven and some hosts ramble.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 2 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: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 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
Better coverage than official stream
“NASASpaceflight provides an overall better coverage than the official stream”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today” Hosts answer chat questions
“The other two are good for the commentary because if you ask a question in the chat they’ll sometimes answer it.”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today” Knowledgeable, well-suited commentators
“the NASASpaceFlight guys are the right kind of nerds to be commentating”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Amateurish cast quality
“the NSF cast quality is more amateurish, and certain cast members aren't that good at doing live casting”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today” Rambling filler commentary
“They can bloviate over and over just to fill the airwaves, like they're on a 120-minute podcast with 10 minutes of useful script.”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today”
Other YouTube channels people recommend
The four most recommended other YouTube channels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Blue1Brown | 96 | 4 | 96% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Veritasium | 44 | 12 | 79% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Technology Connections YouTube channel | 40 | 3 | 93% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Asianometry | 24 | 1 | 96% | 9 | — | Approved |
| NASASpaceflight livestreamThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“They can bloviate over and over just to fill the airwaves, like they're on a 120-minute podcast with 10 minutes of useful script.”
“the NSF cast quality is more amateurish, and certain cast members aren't that good at doing live casting”
“the NASASpaceFlight guys are the right kind of nerds to be commentating”
“The other two are good for the commentary because if you ask a question in the chat they’ll sometimes answer it.”
“NASASpaceflight provides an overall better coverage than the official stream”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.