Is there anything better to do here in town on a Friday night than watch live coverage of a satellite getting ready to be launched?
If things go smoothly it will actually be possible to get a decent number of HD channels here in this village. Once you’ve seen HD, you can’t go back.
Update (9:35pm): I never thought I would be so excited watching a satellite launch from the middle of a former Russian-ish country. The basic technology required to get a rocket in to space amazes me. The launch went perfectly. It will be about nine hours until the new bird is parked in orbit, and I’m sure a lot of testing will then happen, but so far, so good. Can’t wait for more HD from DTV.
