Exposing Space Lies: How to Spot Misinformation

A world and beyond of thanks to the amazing Ellie in Space for taking part in this video.

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[davidhuber]

I'll always remember watching the first successful Falcon 9 landing. I was on temporary duty at Edwards Air Force base working with the test squadron.
I actually teared up (OK, I cried a bit) when it landed. Similar feels on the Falcon heavy launch. IIRC we watched it at work on my Air Guard base.

[r.a.monigold]

Getting people engaged can be a challenge. Anytime people decide to commit to a life together is already a task. But the setting to asks the question and exchange "The Ring(s)" is the toughest. Mutual planning, a surprise dinner or date or an in intimate moment in shared quarters., Plus, attempting engagement in a fundamentally different age group also has social challenges. I wish you luck. Wait - DIFFERENT engagement? reeee.

[bear]

To answer the title (“how to spot misinformation”), a few big red flags for new players out there are:

-A person who never speaks negatively / always spins any negatives when talking about the company (they will also usually slam anyone who says something bad about the company).
- They always bad mouth the competition.
- The information they provide is usually anecdotal rather than factual (I.e. their evidence is just “this person said…”).
- They always say “Company is/will…” rather than “Company is trying/planning/aiming to…”

Now, do the above things instantly make that channel untrustworthy? Of course not! It is Ok to have a favourite “team” and it is alright to poke some fun at the competition every now and then. However, if they do do that, just keep an eye out to check if they ever provide you with any hard facts that can be verified and proven, or if they ever praise the competition / talk about the failures of their company.

[jimcallahan]

To attract a younger audience I would suggest making a few "on-ramp" videos to welcome new comers.
Before Tim Dodd went off on obscure Russian engines and "Full-flow...." engines he made some very basic explainers "bringing space down to earth for every day people". I grew up with the moon landing and so I watched National Geographic "Mars" which was very well done by the director of the "Apollo 13" movie. It was a mixture of fiction and documentary. And one of the documentary clips was of this "Elon Musk" guy who had a company called "SpaceX". The next thing I know he's launching a car (from his other company) into orbit and landing twin boosters that Brian referenced. So, when I see Everyday Astronaut on YouTube promising to explain stuff I started watching 'cause this wasn't the NASA I remembered. Everyday Astronaut was my on-ramp to SpaceX and Tesla. Newcomers need an explainer/highlight reel who is Elon? who is Glen Shotwell? What's going on in Texas? What's the SpaceX story to date? Where are we on the story arc? What's about to happen? There is room for a new on-ramp that appeals to young people that brings them up to date without talking down to them.

[ross]

Good discussion about diversity in the space community. Ellie does indeed stand out and having content creators with different backgrounds and perspectives not only widens the opportunity to engage with more people, it makes the space community a more interesting place.

[aaaaa]

You don't destingues between misinformation and disinformation?

[jimcallahan]

"Yo, Elon our ride broke down, could you send one of your rides to the ISS?
How far away are we?
We are just about 250 miles from you.
What direction?
Straight up from where you are right now, but we're going pretty fast,
but we should be back in the neighborhood in about an hour though.
You have two seats available? Great see ya soon."

[thesolarfutureenthusiast]

The moon suffers from low gravity which makes it of questionable viability as a long term habitat.
It's also over 200, 000 miles from the nearest Starbucks.

P/s The Everyday Astronaut has only 12 shorts on his channel.

[douggolde]

I don’t watch shorts because they disconnect my phone from Roku. Why?

[CliveMills-fich]

If anyone gets too mars it'll be elon and his army of bots lol

[freetorobandloot]

No human is going to Mars in our live life, let alone colonize it. No way, no how.

[gphilipc]

A good number of those robot voice sites make up stuff from whole cloth. The car and motorcycle robot voice people channels are total fantasy.

[douggolde]

I’m surprised Brian doesn’t attract a young female demographic.

[ro]

There's already life on Mars, both human and extraterrestrial, which is why I would be surprised if SpaceX ever succeeds in getting there. But if they start offering trips to Mars then I definitely won't be signing up for that, as far as I'm concerned, humans have never successfully passed the Van Allan Radiation Belts in a human made spaceship and if you believe otherwise then best wishes. Currently humans get to Mars by portals, think... Stargate SG1. This is also why I'm not surprised that the private flyby of the Moon was cancelled. As for NASA missions, well, they have decades of experience in faking it. Even the ISS isn't manned, so who knows where they transmit their space drama from.