[ckugblenu]

The EU is finally learning from the US when it comes making a lot of fanfare for discoveries and other inventions.

[Gravityloss]

Too bad they don't present it well. I just see self congratulating politicians and officials on some youtube stream.

Telling that it's a US organization that hosts the actual picture.

esa.int and eso.org seem to be down actually.

[taksintikk]

The European broadcast presentation is not great.

The speakers are referencing images and diagrams that are not visible on screen.

The accomplishment speaks for itself. The delivery can be improved.

[SiempreViernes]

Both ESO and the NFS hosts the images, don't know what gave you any other impression.

And while the EC stream was pretty bad, at least they let you skip back in the stream and left it up after the presentation ended. The NFS stream wouldn't allow you to go back (useful if you joined late) while it was up.

Personally I liked the ALMA stream best, but it's down now :(

[mlindner]

https://eventhorizontelescope.org/ is hosted in the US and the linked image links to a Harvard.edu web server.

[chicob]

Why is the European Commission doing this? When I recognized Carlos Moedas I immediately skipped to what mattered. The reason why he was ever appointed as Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation is, to me, more remote than the black hole about which he knows absolutely nothing.

[blibble]

because it's one Commissioner per member state, and apparently nationality is the most important criteria for appointing ministers

[mlindner]

Well this was mostly a US-run effort. It's headed by Harvard University and the key South Pole Telescope is North American.