DirecTV Offers to Install HD in the New International Space — Community

#1 Nov 16, 2007 at 1:35 pm

Congratulating NASA on the completion of a successful shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and the recent unveiling of a new living space aboard the orbital laboratory, DIRECTV is offering the ISS a complete HD makeover - including its industry-leading line-up of national HD channels, the most advanced HD DVR on the market, a 42" flat screen HDTV and a sturdy velcro-wrapped remote control.

With the solar array repaired and the Harmony module - the ISS's first new living space in six years - successfully bolted into its permanent location, DIRECTV is ready to offer...

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#2 Nov 17, 2007 at 6:06 pm

The ISS goes around the earth every 90 mins. The DTV sats are in geo-sync orbit. How is it going to track the sat? There will be many times that the ISS is going to be on the on the other side of the earth in the shadow of the signal. Actually if they are doing it my guess is they will have to run the programming thru the uplink centers. Which means there will be a loss of bandwidth of the signals being uplinked to the ISS. Onw last thing who's in control of the remote to this 1 HD system? Then what disgust me is the ads that are going to come out of the project. DTV iwill push in ads that we provide the astronauts with the best HD TV that you can get in your home. This should not be allowed since the lion share of the funding to NASA is American public. I really don't want to see a "banner" on the side of the ISS that has Directv on it. I would like for the astronauts to have some form of entertainment on the ISS but do not want a constant ad rotating the earth. Just adding my 2 cents worth.

#3 Nov 18, 2007 at 5:57 pm

The Astronauts already have onboard entertainment. There is a team of highly skilled engineers already working on current and future HD systems for the International Space Station. I