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Splashdown! Everything appears to have gone very well! Recovery is underway by US Navy

Everyone is questioning why there was no time delay during his thumbs up. I tried to find the link to the full video to see if it was taken out of context…to see if another earlier question was asked, but to no avail. I tried ChatGPT 5, but it just kept giving me the wrong videos and then finally admitted that it could find it.
It does look a little funny to me, especially with the exaggerated thumbs up when asked a second time. Any ideas?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8x_lj64oB7w

(Apr 13, 2026 07:36 PM)Secular Sanity Wrote: [ -> ]Everyone is questioning why there was no time delay during his thumbs up. I tried to find the link to the full video to see if it was taken out of context…to see if another earlier question was asked, but to no avail. I tried ChatGPT 5, but it just kept giving me the wrong videos and then finally admitted that it could find it.
It does look a little funny to me, especially with the exaggerated thumbs up when asked a second time. Any ideas?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8x_lj64oB7w

Latency (Signal Delay)
Because of the vast distance between the Earth and the Moon (over 250,000 miles during this mission), there was a natural physics-based delay.

Speed of Light: Signals take roughly 1.3 seconds to travel each way.
Processing: Public livestreams had additional delays of several seconds to minutes due to data compression and digital processing.
- Google AI

So between Artemis and mission control, the latency is negligible.

(Apr 13, 2026 07:36 PM)Secular Sanity Wrote: [ -> ]Everyone is questioning why there was no time delay during his thumbs up. I tried to find the link to the full video to see if it was taken out of context…to see if another earlier question was asked, but to no avail. I tried ChatGPT 5, but it just kept giving me the wrong videos and then finally admitted that it could find it.
It does look a little funny to me, especially with the exaggerated thumbs up when asked a second time. Any ideas?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8x_lj64oB7w

Even if some of the streaming did show noticeable delays at other times (for one reason or another), Reid is known for gesturing a lot with his hands, so his first thumbs-up may have been an automatic response to the announcement of the fan speed being remedied. Which happened to coincidentally match the completion of the actual thumbs-up request (if there indeed was a two-second or more delay due to coded transmission deciphering, etc).

(Apr 13, 2026 08:29 PM)C C Wrote: [ -> ]

(Apr 13, 2026 07:36 PM)Secular Sanity Wrote: [ -> ]Everyone is questioning why there was no time delay during his thumbs up. I tried to find the link to the full video to see if it was taken out of context…to see if another earlier question was asked, but to no avail. I tried ChatGPT  5, but it just kept giving me the wrong videos and then finally admitted that it could find it.
It does look a little funny to me, especially with the exaggerated thumbs up when asked a second time. Any ideas?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8x_lj64oB7w

Even if some of the streaming did show noticeable delays at other times (for one reason or another), Reid is known for gesturing a lot with his hands, so his first thumbs-up may have been an automatic response to the announcement of the fan speed being remedied. Which happened to coincidentally match the completion of the actual thumbs-up request (if there indeed was a two-second or more delay due to coded transmission deciphering, etc).

Yeah, there's about a 2 second delay after the announcement of the fan speed. That makes sense. Thanks, C C!

Victor Glover returning to his neighborhood, in Friendswood Texas I believe (between Houston and Galveston).

https://x.com/TONYxTWO/status/2043529997155991840

Reid Wiseman, commander of Artemis II, just posted this video taken by the Navy recovery team, showing the Orion capsule hatch being opened and the recovery people greeting the four Astros.

https://x.com/astro_reid/status/2043882692123501014

Jared says "Damn, this is great!"

https://x.com/NASAAdmin/status/2043887270454087711

More photos of Hilt Boling, the Moon Kid. The woman taking the selfie is his mom. And some NASA guy is in the pictures too.