Innovation on the Launch Pad: How Media Capture a NASA Rocket Launch
Originally published by Medill News Service. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – Duct tape, bubble wrap, aluminum foil, plastic bags, ground stakes, bungee cords, squares of plywood and plastic storage containers are just some of the sophisticated tools adapted by journalists and photographers as they set up their remotely activated cameras at Saturday’s GOES-R weather satellite launch site at the Kennedy Space Center. There is no “standard equipment” when it comes to protecting a camera