Since I will probably never get up there to see it in person I love watching NASA TV when there is a mission on and they show live downlink from the cameras on the Shuttle or ISS of the Earth. They usually do it while the astronauts are sleeping. I wish they did it all the time. I stay awake watching it. Closest I will ever get.
Yeah, I drive my kids (and wife) nuts during missions because I leave NASA TV on a LOT!
Between my weather equipment, scanners, and streaming online tech shows it's like Mission Control here some days!
Only wish DirecTV would offer NASA in HD. I'm still trying to figure that one out. I realize most likely it's a monetary
issue for them but some of the channels they have in HD...really?
JMHO