Behind The Scenes: Making Our Starbase Coverage Work!

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Published 2024-03-16
Making NSF's 24/7 Starbase coverage possible requires long hours out in the Texas sun, and some great team members out there every day to keep the NSF Infrastructure working in less than ideal conditions for broadcasting. It's NSF's Membership program that makes all this possible. Das takes us behind the scenes; Members get daily exclusive content like this.

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All Comments (21)
  • @jonny3003
    Would be very interesting to get a rough explanation of all the components on the trailer. Thank you very much for the awesome work you do!
  • @mattzwv
    Donā€™t know about the rest of yā€™allā€¦ but Das is my favorite babushka. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø
  • @Westythe3rd
    Thank you for all the Hard work guys! I'm sure I speak for the Community when I say we are all so grateful for everything you do for us all!
  • @Aceb_k
    I would have never of guessed Das is 44, been watching since the 20m hop days. Good to know things are still good with you man!
  • Das is great. Who else could give a master class in solar elevation and seasonal progression, equipped only with a squeegee and a reluctant cameraman?
  • @MickRonald
    Thank you for the 'Dasplanation" on how the solar panels work. You did a great job since I actually understood it :) Shout out to Daniel and Dr. Holley.
  • @Gunfox61
    100% need more of these types of videos.
  • @Jogaphi
    Nice to see Das again. Hope you are good. Thanks for your work and the work of the whole Team at NSF.
  • @AllMyHobbies
    We need more of this guy. Best personality on the channel
  • @mgsls
    Appreciate all your hard work behind the scenes Das and Daniel, et al. Really awesome to see how this channel has evolved over the years, kudos šŸ™‚
  • @chrislehmier
    If you used a toilet plunger, you could place it right on the panel. šŸ˜‚
  • @mosesmcrae
    Glad to see you, Das. Miss you on the commentaries.
  • @TheMacCloud
    strangely enough the fact daas overshares is so endearing! dont ever change bro! :)
  • @drummerrogue
    love this guy, please upload more of these informal ones.
  • @brandonadams662
    For those of you wondering about everything else on the trailer other than the solar panel, here's what I can pick up as someone who works in an industry with this sort of stuff: On the left pole closest to him are three small fixed cameras which are just used for general monitoring of the area around the trailer, and the thumbnail shows a PTZ camera (mounted upside down) on the top of that pole. The rounded enclosure on the other pole is a point-to-point communication antenna, which would be pointed back at wherever their local broadcast 'HQ' is located (with hardline internet connectivity), while the square enclosure on that pole probably contains one or more LTE antennas. The black dome on the right side is an Axis Q63 PTZ camera, also mounted upside down. All the boxes underneath the solar panel contain everything else needed to make the trailer work, such as the battery bank, charge controller, power supplies and inverters, network switch, etc.
  • @philipcobb
    These behind the scenes videos are so good! Great to see how the amazing launch views are brought to us. Thanks NSF!
  • @markfoster6300
    Thank das for the solar panel discussion oh and lunch too