For several years now, people who do not have a fireplace or stove at home to enjoy a good fire in winter, and particularly during the end-of-year holidays, have had an alternative. Streaming platforms offer high definition videos, lasting several hours, which offer the vision and sound of a good fire – without the heat.
For the end of 2024, NASA has also decided to offer its own fireplace, like Netflix for example. But it is not a traditional fire: even if the video imitates a stone hearth, it is the vision of the engines of a rocket which is offered to viewers, reports Universe Today reported by Numerama.
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A fireplace shaped by AI
The 4K video was uploaded on November 26 to NASA's YouTube channel. 8 hours long, it allows you to admire a “fire” generated by the four RS-25 engines of the Space Launch System (SLS), the enormous launcher of the American space agency, and by two thrusters.
NASA actually used the launch of the Artemis 1 mission, in November 2022, to create this video. Images of the SLS engines, which propelled a rocket into space towards the Moon, were then integrated using artificial intelligence into a fake stone hearth imitating a fireplace.
As sound, spectators can enjoy the roar of the rocket, which has obviously been attenuated in order to be pleasant given the desired atmosphere. A perfect way for space enthusiasts to spend Christmas “by the fire” in a unique way.
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