It came from outer space: Live HDTV from the space station this morning
By Richard Lawler 
posted Nov 15th 2006 11:08AM
posted Nov 15th 2006 11:08AM
Don't forget, this is the morning of the live HDTV broadcast from the International Space Station, being shown exclusively in Japan on NHK and elsewhere on Discovery HD Theater. The Sony HD camera was donated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), so that we can get the best look at space available without heading to the local IMAX theater. Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and engineer Mikhail Tyurin will host the event, while third crewmember Thomas Reiter operates the camera. Hopefully this is the first of many live broadcasts, which are preferred because it saves money from transporting extra weight in the form of tapes to and from the ISS. The broadcast kicks off at 11:30 am EST and will re-air at 9 p.m. and midnight.
This was a cool thing to do but it would have been nice to get some better visuals of the earth and the atmosphere.
I recorded this and just got done watching it. While I thought it was very cool and interesting and all it was too short and stuff we have all seen before (just not in HD). It was neat to see and all but nothing really jaw dropping but I suppose they can't get into too much detail and that is why I don't imagine we will see this anytime soon because what 'new' info will they tell us?
Don't get me wrong NASA and Discovery Theater I would watch it again and recommend others to watch, just give us some more interesting content. Visually it was awesome.
OH... MY... GOD! Who the heck was interviewing the astronaut on the space station for the "HD Event". What a frigin tool! All his questions were lame ass, and I felt so sorry for the astronaut. Please! Redo this telecast... oh man.... sad.
I recorded this, But it turns out the show I recorded was mayhem, the title still said space station. But it was frickin 'Mayhem'. Don't you love when the guide is wrong 40% of the time.
Ugh. It seemed like every other comment during this "special" was about the startling realism of high def.
If it wasn't continuously touted as being LIVE! I would have thought this show was originating in 1997, when high def was still something to be surprised and amazed about.
And a half hour of inane chatter about the space station menu was certainly money well spent on a live HD linkup from space.