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[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Cutting to the crowd at the moment of booster separation was peak live event directing.

[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 6 points 1 day ago

My understanding was that it was a risky moment, they didn't want to risk showing astronautes dying... But that doesn't make sense since the same logic applies to most of the launch!

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

My headcanon backstory for whoever made that decision is that they got kicked out of the porn industry for only showing the guys' faces