Whoisinspace.com
Space mission tracker
Answers its question directly and breaks launches down by mission and location. Heavy ads are the main caveat, and critics say it copies an existing ad-free site.
Answers its question directly and breaks launches down by mission and location. Heavy ads are the main caveat, and critics say it copies an existing ad-free site.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 10
- approval share
- 33%
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: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not 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
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Intrusive ads obscure the page
“A good concept, I like it! But pleas make ads less invasive.”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Whoisinspace.com/” “This website is unusable without closing out advertisements upon advertisements”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Whoisinspace.com/” “these are the biggest ads I've seen obscuring a webpage in a very long time”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Whoisinspace.com/” - Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Whoisinspace.com/”
- Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Whoisinspace.com/”
- Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Whoisinspace.com/”
- Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Whoisinspace.com/”
Copy of an existing site
“I feel like this post is just an AI slop copy of that site designed to grab free ad revenue.”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Whoisinspace.com/” “this site is basically just a copy of something that already existed”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Whoisinspace.com/” “an ad-ridden copy of this great, ad-free, already-existing site”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Whoisinspace.com/”
What people recommend instead
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artemis II tracker | 26 | 17 | 60% | 1 | — | — |
| Whoisinspace.comThis page | 5 | 10 | 33% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“an ad-ridden copy of this great, ad-free, already-existing site”
“it really just sticks to answering the question that the URL asks”
“that thing hasn't been updated in a long time”
“One thing I like better about this one is that it breaks it down by mission and location.”
“The goal of the website is clearly to serve ads.”
“this site is basically just a copy of something that already existed”
“these are the biggest ads I've seen obscuring a webpage in a very long time”
“I feel like this post is just an AI slop copy of that site designed to grab free ad revenue.”
“We've tracked every launch since 2009!”
“not enough ads, i could almost see the content”
“The adsense on this site annoys me.”
“A good concept, I like it! But pleas make ads less invasive.”
“Basically unusable website because of the ads.”
“This website is unusable without closing out advertisements upon advertisements”
“This is better than the Magic 8-ball.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.