HTV Launch Coverage

skyblue0407 Says:

Sep 10, 2009 - 爆発炎上したようにしか見えないのは私だけだろうか？ とにかく成功おめでとう！

ZhangyXD Says:

Sep 10, 2009 - just a robot... who cares

nekopubu777 Says:

Sep 10, 2009 - ずいぶん前からカウントダウンするんだね。

freeway104 Says:

Sep 10, 2009 - ３日前からだったらウグイス嬢もくたびれるだろうなw

RMoribayashi Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - The whole time I was thinking of the old Tom Leher song: You too may be a big hero, Once you've learned to count backwards to zero. "In German oder English I know how to count down, Und I'm learning Chinese," says Wernher von Braun.

AstroViation Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - wow, even they're space program has the annoying, whiny, stereotypical Asian girl voice.

hackneysaregreat Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - Makes you also realise how very good and really enjoyable the Nasa coverage of events is. And that is certainly a very important reason why so many people have become interested in what Nasa is doing.( Started for me with the first moonlanding)

PerfectPink999 Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - GUNDAM is in it. NASA is over.

nikoarufu1212 Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - この不況の中、人生を諦めかけた私ですが、この素晴らしいニュースに勇気を頂きました。 やはり日本は技術立国。心から誇りに思います。

friendsofttennis Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - 成功おめでとうございます。 １８日のＩＳＳドッキング成功祈る。

theharper1 Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - Congratulations JAXA! Sugoi!

p3n2 Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - It is none of the Vocaloid voices I know of.

p3n2 Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - Can anybody explain to me why the Japanese countdown fits the video footage while the English one is ahead by 5 seconds? Also it seems to me as if the Japanese coundown omits the hundreds. I found it irritating to hear 二十四 (24) while the English commenter said that there are 2 minutes left. Anyway: 万歳！万歳！万歳！ (^_^;;)

exryokawa Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - I think Japanese count down ends at the point of the lift off, while the English count down ends at the ignition of the main engines. And the reason why she omitted the hundreds is simply it is too long to say all the digits. This is not usual way of counting in Japanese.

kidsboushi Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - Amazing!

MrKrenra Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - Congratulations Japan!

H0704 Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - The English countdown stops at booster ignition. Main engines are fired at T-6,5 seconds. =)

happyguy82 Says:

Sep 11, 2009 - think it's the delay in the video and sound feed between japan and Nasa JSC where the narrator was based.

usubypopo Says:

Sep 12, 2009 - Will the space shuttle be abolished next year?2 years later?

mikami100 Says:

Sep 12, 2009 - Japanese and English, about 4-5 second lag. The last 10 seconds using the English! I think. (I'm Japanese)

c0hp39f Says:

Sep 14, 2009 - It is not anime.

Ninayume Says:

Sep 14, 2009 - Cool..

cgsmilyever2 Says:

Sep 14, 2009 - The plan right now is for the final flight of the shuttle (STS-134) to be in Sept of next year according what I saw on the NASA Website

usubypopo Says:

Sep 15, 2009 - thanx

whatzupa Says:

Oct 2, 2009 - That's great. Those boosters look a lot thicker and sturdier than usual. Looks like they carried the space ship clear of the ground well.