NASA VS ESA: Excitement Level

The difference in excitement level after a successful mission

[erkascazuchi]

Ok now let's see the soccer fans of USA and Europe... you get the one way around

[ChocoLater]

This cracked me up because I didn't know what to expect.

[lextacy]

hahahahaha!  For NASA it was all teeth clenching, for ESA it was all like doing it blindfolded sleeping

[BookBurnersStuff]

it seems it was a daily event for ESA :D

[scholzm]

This was pretty funny. I think there are nuances that might explain differences. Example: at JPL I interact with the individual responsible for a single thing on the MER rovers (Spirit and Opportunity on Mars): the clamp that secured the rovers to their landing platform. This was the airbag-and-dozen-plus-bounces landing - any of which could have caused clamp failure and turn the rover into a massively expensive yard sale. That individual was *not* on camera but cried with relief when we landed the MER rovers on Mars safely. Some of the folks who are watching entry, descent, and landing (EDL) are being transparent (and a few overacting), expressing the relief of 20+ years of their work culminating in that recorded moment. What you do not see are the brutal reactions to the failed missions where similar investments of time and labor ended with mission failure. Those felt like death in the control room and the follow-on failure analysis was brutal.
I accept the indictment that we Americans do things big (over the top perhaps) and it can come across as boastful/arrogant - at JPL it is vulnerable relief from nice OCD people like me who see the majority of our careers reflected in the moment. Happy for any and all successes that ESA, GDR, CNES, ISRO, JAXA or other friends of JPL and NASA have in partnerships or in individual missions. We are all better when humans continue to learn and explore. Since we are crap at real football we need something to get excited about.
Go MSL! Go InSight! Go Europa! Go M2020! Good news and rare success in a world with so much that sucks. Grain of hope.

[chroniquesJDR]

I'm french...





We are HAPPY ! :D

[MakkiHein]

Who need the Hollywoodfactor while he is doing serious scientific research work? Not good old europe...we stay focused...cause the landing is just the beginning!

[tarro]

0:42 where is that right guys hand going? lmao

[Pontiki]

We already knew that American nerds make more noise than European nerds. What counts is that these people are driving our world towards the light, while the rest of us eat each other.

[ApolloOfRivia]

why is there so much more people at nasa's mission control though

[Molhedim]

This is out of context because I remember the ESA comet mission and people were very happy and it was a big thing for days. This uploader is just mad at ESA for some reason, dunno why.

[bgcvetan]

Well, USA have less germans = more celebrations.

[hus]

NASA landed Curiosity on Mars. ESA of Europe landed on a fucking comet. It's like winning the World Cup v winning a local ball game. NASA is way way ahead.