Moonlight Mile

[Munsu]

This is a series I've been waiting for, hopefully it'll be good. First episode released by Formula:
http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFormula%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_01_%5B6D48653D%5D.mkv.torrent


After scaling Mt. Everest, mountain climbing partners Saruwatari Gorou and "Lostman" Jack F. Woodbridge see the ISA Space Station, and each vows to make the trek into outerspace. When Helium 3, a new energy source, is discovered on the moon, NASA forms a new project named "Nexus" to harness that energy for use on earth. This is the story of the two and the paths they take to see their dream become a reality in the quest to harness the next-generation energy source.

http://www.moonlightmile.jp/
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=4900

[Death13a]

I felt like i was watching Planetes while watching the first episode AND can't wait for more!!!

[Kraco]

Ho... Sounds good, especially if it reminds of Planetes.

He3 won't be of much use unless / before ITER has been succesful, so I suppose the story takes place at least a few decades from now.

Gotta download and have a look. There aren't ever too many hard science fiction series around.

[Lucifus]

This is pretty impressive. Hope it continues to `impress`. And definatly feels like Planetes which is not a bad thing at all.:rolleyes:

[Ryllharu]

Unfortunately, the group has already dropped it. Someone else will have to sub it now.

http://www.evaforum.com/forums/

[Chaos]

Well they did drop the project but they released episode 1....

link:
http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFormula%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_01_(1280x720)_%5B885A5004%5D.mkv.torrent

Edit: My mistake I meant to say they re-released episode 1 (in hq)

[Lucifus]

Omg, that truly sucks. I'm seriously looking forward to this one too. Its seems like it'll turn out into a really good show. Hoping some other group picks it up.

Oh and Chaos, we kinda already noticed that...

[Death13a]

The one Chaos posted is higher quality. And i really hope some group will pick it up as it just too good to just disappear.

[Munsu]

Well I guess I'm not watching this episode yet. I'm going to wait for some other group to release it, one that plans on doing the whole series. I'm glad to see that there some interest here, especially some comparing it to Planetes.

[TheNineTails]

Moonlight Mile is some what different... and that's why I like it. More people should start watching this, and is there still no answer on who will be subbing this show? Since the other group dropped it. :(

[Chaos]

Looks like Formula-subs is going to continue this project as a joint with Shinsen-subs:

http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_02_%5B5E7E9FE2%5D.mkv.torrent

[Yukimura]

Wow this show seems really good, glad I picked it up. I haven't watched a show that's mostly realistic for a while, and I think this one might have a pretty good story to tell.

[Lucifus]

This is seriously good news. Awesome someones finally subbing it. How far along are the RAWs?

[Chaos]

They're up to episode 5 right now. If you want to download the raws they are posted on datorrents.com.

[animus]

Mmmm, this is quite the gem. Good art, animation, realistic, dramatic moments, and sex with the chicks actually nude and not censored/covered. Now that's a great combo.

[mage]

This looks like it's going to be a damn good series. A+ from me except for the very unneeded nudity. Once or twice throughout the series is fine, but several times in the first two episodes is just overdoing it.

There's a manga too. I'll have to check that out as well.

[animus]

I believe there was only one instance of nudity in each episode. The first, at the everest base camp, and the second on top of the lift thingy when Gorou was takin a break.

[mage]

Partial nudity, full nudity, same thing. There's no reason to have so much fanservice when the story is so good.

[animus]

I personally welcome it, since this type of fanservice isn't present usually in such serious animes.

[mage]

SHS/FoSu Episode 2 HD

http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_02_(1280x720)_%5B1E318B91%5D.mkv.torrent

[Death13a]

Episode 3 (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_03_%5B25DA340C%5D.mkv.torrent)

HOME RUN!!!!

[animus]

Need to get my dose of Goro banging chicks.

[Yukimura]

Goro is a P.I.M.P on a level I don't think I've ever seen before. Not only do panties melt in his presence, not only can he wear out the best chicks in the most awesome ways, but he's also an all around awesome guy who does whatever he wants and is damn good at it. I can't wait to see how Lostman can compare. Considering Lostman is cool enough to have his own title he must be pretty impressive even by Goro standards.

[animus]

Nooooooo, they dumbed down on the bare breasts! Oh well, it's gotten progressively less through each episode. Episode 1 had a couple, episode 2 had 1, episode 3 has zero!

End nonsensical rant, man that was quite a dramatic episode in my opinion. My heart was beating when I was watching whether the arm was gonna hit it or not. It might be too early to say, and I might change my opinion, but I'm totally in love with the realism, the characters, and among many other things in this series.

[mage]

Good episode except for the overused baseball theme.

Anyone know how I can play the file without having overlapping subtitles when two people speak? I'm using VLC.

[seanos]

From my memories of VLC, not easily fixable -- issue they were working on last I looked (yearish ago).

This is looking to be anime I most enjoy of the current season, though I do agree with overdoing it on the baseball lingo.

[animus]

Episode 4 by FoSu-SHS (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_04_(1280x720)_%5BE4DB6E4C%5D.mkv.torrent)

[Death13a]

This anime doesn't pull any punches!

[animus]

Meh, I wanna watch it but for some reason my DL's soooooooooo slow. Only 40% done. Mother f.


Edit: I'm completely engrossed by this anime.

[Lucifus]

This is seriously quickly becoming one of my favorite animes. PiMP.

[Yukimura]

I'm really liking this series as well, though I'm finding I like Goro a lot more than Lostman, since he's so mysterious and we don't know much about him.

One gripe I have is that the typesetting is driving me NUTS. I wish they'd out line with a color that's not so close to the main color so you could actually read the subs when the screen was bright.

[Yukimura]

Moonlight Mile - 05 (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_05_%5BF852304A%5D.mkv.torrent)

[Lucifus]

Oh HellZ ya, dling asap. Comment later.:D

[Death13a]

I liked the fact that they used Russia to lunch Goro as first construction worker from place where first astronaut, Gagarin, was lunched.

[Kraco]

Heh. So Japan still has troubles getting rocket designs to work at all, and Russia has troubles with reliability and probably maintenance. Not much has changed... But then again, they aren't that far in the future yet, are they? In any case, it continued the quite realistic feeling this series has been going for all the time.

But it would be troublesome to be a female astronaut (or cosmonaut) to be launched to the space from there and still try to respect traditions.

[Kraco]

Miles in moonlight always seem longer than in sunlight:

Episode 6 - FoSu-Shinsen (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_06_%5BE2F3F7C9%5D.mkv.torrent)

[Death13a]

Thank you the god of Vodka.

[animus]

Nice episode. Last episode I was afraid Goro was gonna be welcome to a Sausagefest in space. But thank god there's all these honeys for Goro to feast on, and let's hope he does.

[Lucifus]

Great episode. I like Goros crew, but what I'm really looking forward to is Goro and Lostmans reunion next ep.:D

"Thank the God of Vodka!"

[Yukimura]

Another nice ep, though I wish the 1280x720 had come out at the same time so I woulnd't have to be on the hunt for it. Goro's melding quite well with the crew and everyones a cool customer under pressure, I like it.

That station in the preview looked a lot larger and more advanced than the ISS and it looked like it had some type of mech hanging off the bottom...I wonder if Lostman has stumbled onto part of whatever nefarious secret the Americans re keeping in space.

[animus]

Episode 7 - FoSu-Shinsen (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_07_%5BE135D532%5D.mkv.torrent)
Episode 7 HQ - FoSu-Shinsen (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_07_(1280x720)_%5B4FAB7240%5D.mkv.torrent)

[Kraco]

It felt like a pretty ordinary episode, but at least in a certain sense we can now see the... foundation for the scenes the whole series started with, I suppose. There's still the contradiction between the militaristic beginning (like a flash of the future, I suppose) and the present time in the story, which really has shown very little military aspects (in space) so far. Still, the beginning certainly suggests that's the way the series should be eventually following. Maybe it began now with the secret space station.

[animus]

Is it me or does the HQ version, have slight playback issues? Some freezing, out of sync with audio and some slowness. Do people not check these files before torrenting these? Anyways, it was still fairly watchable though really aggravating. Good episode, Goro and Lostman are finally in space together. Goro's been slacking off in banging the space chicks.

[Chaos]

Is it me or does the HQ version, have slight playback issues? Some freezing, out of sync with audio and some slowness. Do people not check these files before torrenting these? Anyways, it was still fairly watchable though really aggravating. Good episode, Goro and Lostman are finally in space together. Goro's been slacking off in banging the space chicks.

I notice that as well though I think it is because my computer is slow(by today's standards). The pace has somewhat slowed down these past couple episodes but hopefully the next episode is good.

[NeoBear]

Goro's been slacking off in banging the space chicks.

is it just me or does some chick get nude or banged every episode?

[animus]

is it just me or does some chick get nude or banged every episode?

Almost every episode, there's been like 3/8 so far with none! Blasphemy!

[Lucifus]

I agree Animus, this is unacceptable. We need more good luck charms.:D
This series ruleZ.

[animus]

Episode 8 - FoSu-Shinsen (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_08_%5B33F951B9%5D.mkv.torrent)

Finally, been waiting forever.

[Lucifus]

Oh man sweet. I no, I've been checking http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/ for the last month. Finally, waits over. Downloading - Comment later.

[Death13a]

This show sure knows how to keep viewer on edge. As there always felt the chance that the craft will fall on .....(no spoiler ) and it would be interesting turn of events but foreshadowing with car was interesting.

[Yukimura]

Moonlight Mile delivers again, it sucks that this show is only 12 eps. Even with the pace they're going how are they going to get to the moon and resolve whatever conflicts arise in so few eps. Doesn't really matter, since each episode has been good enough to make the show amazing even without the background plot.

A question since I'm too lazy to look for myself. The Japanese chick that was at mission control and has been following Goro around, is she same woman from that company Goro worked for? The one who tried to ruin his chances at becoming an astronaut by calling him as he tried to save that guy with the machine?

[animus]

Yeah, it does suck that it's 12 episodes, but there's going to be a second season: AniDB link (http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=5020)
Yeah, she's the same woman, Ryoko. I guess she changed her outlook on him and developed a crush on him. She did like put his picture in her pocket and stuff, and is always helping him with his stuff. Though, one could say it's just for business, though I don't thnk so.

[animus]

Episode 9 - FoSu-Shinsen (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_09_%5B49143E12%5D.mkv.torrent)

Rawr, more lucky space rituals I hope!

[Darknodin]

whoa... pretty good ep... but, at the pace they are going, it'll take 100s of eps to get to the main parts of the OP

[Yukimura]

Moonlight Mile - 10 - [FoSu & Shinsen] (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_10_%5BB2018C23%5D.mkv.torrent)
Moonlight Mile - 10 (1280x764) - [FoSu & Shinsen] (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_10_(1280x720)_%5B3F2CFB68%5D.mkv.torrent)

Score! Goro can in fact bang any woman on Earth, and he doesn't even have to try...Ever!

[Board of Command]

Riyoko is a big time slut.

And why does Goro remind me of Ron Jeremy? Maybe that's why he can bang any woman he wants.

[animus]

Episode 11 - FoSu-SHS (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_11_%5B4D849548%5D.mkv.torrent)

[Death13a]

Today we have crushed cars for breakfest, broken fingers for lunch, and preperation for war for dinner. enjoy your food it may be your last.

[Zati]

Here's the Finale for the first season :

Episode 12 S1 Final - Fosu-SHS (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_12_%5BE2A79A1B%5D.mkv.torrent)
1280x720 HD (http://a.scarywater.net/formulasub/%5BFoSu-SHS%5D_Moonlight_Mile_-_12_(1280x720)_%5B108265FB%5D.mkv.torrent)

[Munsu]

Guess it's time to start a Moonlight Mile marathon.

[Yukimura]

Not a moment too soon as it was licensed by ADV at Otakon. I tried to ask if they were planning on doing it uncut but didn't get called on. Does ADV have a record of editing their titles for content?

[Munsu]

Well, go look for reviews on GantZ and see how they handled it.

[mage]

Very nice episode. I was really hoping the papparazzi guys would make it out alive. I don't think their characters were built up enough to be killed so quickly.. They could've made for some interesting situations. Anyway, season 2 starts in September.

[shinta|hikari]

I think they didnt build them up too much because they were going to get killed quickly anyway.

[mage]

Obviously, but my point was that they should have been built up more and then killed. They served their purpose, I suppose.

[shinta|hikari]

They were actually developed quite uniquely. They have both antagonist and protagonist qualities, and despite the fact that they died a pathetic death, there was enough background for people to actually give a damn and not just label it as a filler episode.

[animus]

Season 2 Episode 1 RAW (http://bt.saiyaman.info/download.php?id=5290&file=[S^M]%20MOONLIGHT%20MILE%202nd%20-Touch%20down-%20HD%2001%20RAW.avi.torrent)

The raw for the second season's released already. Hopefully a group will pick it up. Maybe Formula Subs will do it again?

[Munsu]

It seems to me that Formula doesn't do licenses, also do you think the license extends to the second season? It usually doesn't.

[Chaos]

Yeah, I'm assuming Munsu checked their website since it does seem they don't sub licensed material. I agree that usually the license doesn't extend to the next season so I don't see it why it would apply in this case.

[Board of Command]

Whoa that was fast. Second season started already........

Be patient. Somebody has to sub it. Possibly Your-Mom.

[mage]

Your-Mom never fails to impress.

[Board of Command]

I download Your-Mom all the time. Sometimes multiple times a day, even.

[animus]

Shame no one has decided to sub the second season yet. There're 5 episodes of it out already I believe. Hopefully some group does decide to pick it up. I don't think Formula and Shinsen are gonna be working on this.

[Munsu]

Yeah, it's a shame that no one is doing the second season.

[animus]

Nice, someone finally decided to sub it. Though I haven't watched it yet, or know the group's (Gray Phantom) history. Atleast it's something!

Season 2 Episode 1 - G_P (http://grayphantom.edwardk.info/(G_P)_Moonlight_Mile_S2_(Touch_Down)_-_01_%5BEEF077C5%5D.mp4.torrent)

[Munsu]

They're usually a dvd ripping group... this is probably their second or so series they actually fansub.

[Yukimura]

Could have used a slight bit more editing to catch words out of place, but it seemed pretty good to me.

I'm just glad someone's putting this out.

[Death13a]

Well I liked the episode about Lostman. China begins to move. Can't wait for more.

[animus]

They kept mispelling resign as resing.

[Yukimura]

Moonlight Mile S2 - 02 - [Gray_Phantom] (http://grayphantom.edwardk.info/(G_P)_Moonlight_Mile_S2_(Touch_Down)_-_02_%5B720p%5D%5BBA3BD78C%5D.mp4.torrent)

[Death13a]

Keep them coming and i keep watching.

not much happened but good episode still. next episode should rock.

[mage]

Goddamn, Miguel was fucking annoying. Been a while since a character pissed me off that much.

[MFauli]

Are they SD Definition-versions of the new season?
The 720P-version dont run smooth on my notebook, also, it´s always double the size to download :-(

[KAX256]

can anyone get me a link to the 1st ep of the second season? the original link in this thread doesnt work and I cant find it anywhere online.

[Yukimura]

The old link was to v1 they released a v2

Moonlight Mile S2 (Touch Down) - 01v2 - [Grey_Phantom] (http://grayphantom.edwardk.info/(G_P)_Moonlight_Mile_S2_(Touch_Down)_-_01v2_%5B720p%5D%5B78EC6E5C%5D.mp4.torrent)

[KAX256]

sweet, thanks. when are we expecting ep 3?

[Yukimura]

Three months later... it's almost like the timescale of releases is trying to match the timescale of the show. Buut I'm thrilled to get any MM at all!

Moonlight Mile S2 - 03 - {G_P} (http://grayphantom.edwardk.info/(G_P)_Moonlight_Mile_S2_(Touch_Down)_-_03_%5B720p%5D%5BFA0A432B%5D.mp4.torrent)

[animus]

It's nice, but man are they slow as fuck. Almost as bad as Kaizoku, ahem.

[Board of Command]

A single person working 5 minutes a day on it would generally yield faster results than this.

[Death13a]

The thing is i don't think they work from TV source but from DVD so the lag is somewhat understandable, not to mention they take their sweet time with their releases.

About episode i liked how they put decision on director, to return her father after what 40 years(?) and possible scrap the project or scrap her father and continue the project?

Now that station is complete (prepare), it time to take things up a notch (get set).

[mage]

This episode was masterful

Always wondered why no one subbed this..

[MFauli]

Three months later... it's almost like the timescale of releases is trying to match the timescale of the show. Buut I'm thrilled to get any MM at all!

Moonlight Mile S2 - 03 - {G_P} (http://grayphantom.edwardk.info/(G_P)_Moonlight_Mile_S2_(Touch_Down)_-_03_%5B720p%5D%5BFA0A432B%5D.mp4.torrent)


None of the links are working for me :-/
any other place where you can download the first 3 episodes from?
Or if someone could upload them on megaupload... ;)

[Death13a]

Here is gray phantom website: http://grayphantom.wordpress.com/ but they serve their releases via IRC.

PS. they are releasing FLAG.

[Sapphire]

GotWoot is doing season 2 for anyone who cares.

[seanos]

Fantastic news!
Loved season 1, and only managed to find the first three episodes from season 2.

[MFauli]

nice.
yeah, also only found the first few eps of season 2 back then...and they didnt run really well on my previous pc :D

[animus]

Awesome. I was a huge fan of season 1 and only 1 group picked it up back then but they never really actually did anything more than 2-3 episodes.

[blazephantom]

translating this show what an honor!

[Yukimura]

Woot Moonlight Mile S2. If I was ever inclined to squee I would probably squee about this.

[Exglitch]

Just wanted to give props to GotWoot for their work on Season 2 of Moonlight Mile. I really enjoyed season one, and I was extremely disappointed to find out no groups had finished season 2. I just watched episode 4 and I am more excited about this series than ever. What thoughts do you guys have about the Chinese? Judging from the previews for episode 5 they might have the technology to go toe to toe with both the ISA and United states...how did they get it and why are they so late to the space party? Seems like both the ISA and the united states have been in space for awhile.

[Inazuma]

GotWoot is doing season 2 for anyone who cares.

I care, work faster.

[thecowgoesmoo]

Having worked on episode 5 of season 2 and not having seen any episode prior to it (which could be magical crystallized weed made from powdered Oxycontin and essence of Willy Coppens for all I know), my opinion is that the show sucks. Why? Because it seems like at some point they tried to make this all semi-realistic and such but then said, "Screw it; you know what would sell DVDs? Space battles and sex." Meanwhile, they seem to have forgotten a few things. Warning: there may or may not be spoilers ahead.

(1) Everybody knows that there's no sound in space, right? Right...

(2) ...however, were you also aware of Newton's Laws of Motion, specifically the second one? F = ma. Force = mass *acceleration --> If you apply a force, you will accelerate a mass. Not simply put a mass in motion (First Law!), but accelerate a mass. So each time a Star Fighter's engines are firing for a prolonged period of time and move the craft at a constant velocity, God kills a theoretical physicist.

(3) Star Fighter? Seriously? That's the best name they could come up with? Did the USAF and USN take all the good names. Or were they so jealous of the USSF's cool toys that they blackmailed the defense contractor into giving it the name that recalls a 1980s film about a kid being picked to save an alien race because he was good at an arcade game which was actually a scouting tool (The Last Starfighter. Go watch it. Or don't.)?

(4) Back to science. So the Americans say, okay let's use lasers to take out the enemy because we don't want to cause explosions. Meanwhile the Chinese use missiles because idk they are stupid lolololol. Yes, exploding spacecraft is not a good thing for stealth and secrecy and military-political intrigue BUT ALSO Kessler Syndrome. Some debris will burn up, some debris will fly off into deep space, but some debris will just float around... at ~18,000 mph (~29,000 kph for you folks in the civilized world). Back in 2007 IRL China tested an ASAT missile on an old weather satellite and herp derped thousands of pieces of golf ball-sized debris. Anything in the path of flying debris is going to have the shit kicked out of it and create more debris, which goes out and create MORE debris and so on. Congratulations: you can no longer get things into space past that level.

(5) At a defense complex outside Beijing:
"Sir, why are we programming our space fighters with all these extraneous inputs?"
"Because one day when one of comrade taikonauts gets his space computer fried he can salvage a space motherboard from an enemy imperialist craft that he disabled but didn't blow up and get himself back to earth."
"Ah, the motherland truly is great in valuing the life of each and every citizen. But how likely is that scenario, sir?"
"Shut up and code."

There's more in this episode - plenty more - but every second spent thinking about it makes me that much dumber.The amount of suspension of disbelief this show requires would have kept the Tacoma Narrows intact.

[Janice]

The main thing that bothered me in episode 5 was how whenever the ships were idle waiting for combat, they were just spinning around! WTF! It would be incredibly hard to pilot a ship, much less be concious, when all the blood is being pulled from your head due to the ridiculous g-forces you'd be experiencing from needlessly spinning your ship around like a retard.

That being said, Lostman makes this show awesome. He lost some cool points for getting his ass kicked so bad, though.

Here's all the episode links, since they haven't been posted yet (although it's not like they're hard to find).

[GotWoot] Episode 01 (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=176572)
[GotWoot] Episode 02 (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=177446)
[GotWoot] Episode 03 (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=179391)
[GotWoot] Episode 04 (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=182258)
[GotWoot] Episode 05 (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=185179)

[Yukimura]

I was wtfing at the computer swap nonsense as well. Why would a secret Chinese fighter have a compatible instruction set and software with a secret American fighter. Why would the Chinese software which was likely designed around the highly specific hardware of the fighter it ran run without any issues on a mobo which was likely designed around a different highly specific hardware environment. And who the fuck uses parallel cables anymore...

What bothers you more, something like this show where they seem like they're trying to stay grounded in some level of realism but sometimes just give up/fail miserably or something that just treats the laws of physics like something scribed on the back of a napkin and does whatever it wants for the sake of plot/drama value.

Honerable Mention: How the heck do you 'hide' in space. If i remember my basic astronomy class properly everything emits radiation just by having a non-zero temperature. If you are scanning in the proper range you should see a big blip anywhere something is. Hiding in the sun might help to a degree but again, the sun's spectrum is probably not volatile enough to mask some big thing sitting between you and it radiating energy.

[Janice]

Honerable Mention: How the heck do you 'hide' in space. If i remember my basic astronomy class properly everything emits radiation just by having a non-zero temperature. If you are scanning in the proper range you should see a big blip anywhere something is. Hiding in the sun might help to a degree but again, the sun's spectrum is probably not volatile enough to mask some big thing sitting between you and it radiating energy.

They have "stealth systems," so you have to detect heat signature from their thrusters to locate them.

[thecowgoesmoo]

[Removed due to spoilers]

[Yukimura]

Is the ep even out to the public yet? If you're going to talk about it you've got to at least give us a link.


They have "stealth systems," so you have to detect heat signature from their thrusters to locate them.

That's what I was calling bullshit on. Even if the Chinese ships were radar resistant (and they didn't look it from their design) a passive Infrared camera should have found them in a single sweep of the sky given the relative temperature of space and anything that was just launched into it and is floating around shooting lasers and missiles at people. Hiding in the sun makes some sense but as it was shown a spectrum analysis of the suns light destroys that plan pretty easily.

[thecowgoesmoo]

[GotWoot] Episode 06 - Rocket Boys (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=186180)

Episode 6: I'm baaaa-ack! This time I'll go easy on these guys since they have so much trouble with spacecraft: I'll just ignore anything at all to do with the professionals. Instead, let's take a look at these rocket hobbyists. Even then I'm just going to limit myself to just a few issues.

(1) GPS to measure altitude? Seriously? Did they not know about altimeters? And that there are really tiny, tiny altimeters? Ones that definitely weigh less than a GPS module plus antenna and work very reliably?

(2) How exactly do they get the GPS to communicate with their cell phone? A cellular data module on the rocket? From 100 km up? They're getting a cell tower signal from 100 km away? Hoooooly crap, AT&T and Apple need to talk to these guys.

(3) The overpressure from the launch was enough to crack the windshield on the truck, but the boys just needed to weather the wind, dust and smoke? No burst eardrums, no wincing in pain? That's the least of their worries, though...

(4) ...because if they have superhuman eardrums, they better have superhuman lungs and eyes, too. With high power amateur rocket engines, the propellant is usually either ammonium perchlorate and a metal, or nitrous oxide and a plastic/hydrocarbon. The combustion products aren't really stuff you want to be breathing in or exposing your eyes to.

(5) Okay, so they're launching in an open field. That's great. But, uh, did anybody check to make sure that there aren't any residential areas or buildings underneath their flight path? I don't see any parachutes on those lower stages. The first stage might land in that lake, but the second?

Finally, the first ever amateur rocket to reach the 100 km mark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Space_eXploration_Team) was built by 25 people, 21 feet tall, and supported by corporate sponsorships. Look, I appreciate a "Rah-rah, fight the powah" underdog story as much as anyone else but, really?

[Inazuma]

I thought episode six would be fillerish.

But no matter how the Thecow rants it was storytelling brought to another level.
The pacing was good, the issues ... well you can't go around that anymore can you.

I loved this episode, because it was just THAT well executed.

[Yukimura]

God this show hates on America a lot. Americans in or near major cities are generally not going to be all that openly abusive to a Muslim/assumed terrorist. For one thing if they're worried that someone is a terrorist they will probably be scared shitless of being near them. Instead they would try to avoid them in public and make trouble for them behind the scenes. Even (sober) hicks tend to have enough sense not to mess with people they have convinced themselves are ready to blow up any time.

I also found it rather odd that Lostman left Ali in such a blatantly anti-Arab small town atmosphere while he lives it up in some swanky urban area.