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Here's a link to that part of the stream if anyone's interested. https://youtu.be/H-l6f4wcv2I?t=27524

It is _extremely_ aggravating.

⬐ WatchDog

Given how far away the camera is, it's hard to tell how close the boats really are to the capsule.

⬐ js2

https://mobile.twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/129000282434910...

Close enough that they had to be asked to back off after having already ignored Coast Guard requests.

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As the capsule bobbed in the water, a recovery team instructed the boaters to stay away.

The Coast Guard warned boaters to stay clear of the area in a radio broadcast two hours before the splashdown, said the spokesman, Petty Officer Third Class John Michelli. “With limited assets available and with no formal authority to establish zones that would stop boaters from entering the area,” he said, “numerous boaters ignored the Coast Guard crews’ requests and decided to encroach the area, putting themselves and those involved in the operation in potential danger.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/us/flag-boat-SpaceX.html

⬐ markdown

The link doesn't take one where you say it will take them.

⬐ johnyzee

That's insane. When I saw the stream, I thought those were official vessels. The SpaceX commentators were cool and didn't make a big deal about it.

To think that random people would have so little self awareness is mindboggling.

⬐ mcv

SpaceX comentators were cool about everything, but they were pretty clear that some of those boats were too close and were told to back off.

I can totally understand that people want to see this. People also come to see launches, so why not this? But really, from a safe distance. Make sure you don't interfere in any way with the operation, and listen to instructions.

It seems one of the lessons is that if they continue to do splashdowns here, they need better spectator control.

Here is the livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-l6f4wcv2I

If it is live, go back to roughly 2:45 EST. If it is no longer live, it should be around 7h15m in the VOD.

(I really wish you could link to a time on a livestream, or even better, create a "Clip" like with Twitch.)

EDIT: Well it is streamed on Twitch so here's a clip: https://www.twitch.tv/nasa/clip/CourteousPatientVelociraptor...

From which you can also click "watch full video" which puts you at the exact right time in the full VOD.