Recovering SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Ocean Landing Video
"SpaceX improvised, sending CEO Elon Musk’s private jet out to the landing area with a small satellite dish affixed behind a window. The plane kept a safe distance from the re-entering stage, but managed to retrieve telemetry confirming that the landing had been completed successfully.<p>...<p>On April 28, SpaceX published both the original and the partially repaired video stream on their web site, and asked the world for help.<p>...<p>The main response came from the NASASpaceFlight.com forum, with several skilled programmers and computer experts willing to take up the challenge. The first results came surprisingly quickly."<p>So, it would be more accurate to say that people from NASA forums figured it out. In particular special version of FFMPEG decoder was written for the task.