It's been almost 42 years since t' first Americans set foot on t' moon, but each time t' US sends an astronaut into space, it's no less breathtakin' an event t' witness. Arrr! Via its web site, Spacevidcast makes available t' wonder o' each launch while providin' a wealth o' other space-related news and events t' its audience. "We do things like cover space shuttle launches in high definition, me bucko, somethin' that even NASA doesn't do," explains Benjamin Higginbothom, Executive Producer and Owner o' Spacevidcast. "So when you go t' our web site, you can get an actual 1280 X 720p streamin' version o' a space shuttle launch, arrr, or anythin' we can get our hands on in high definition. We cover any rocket launches. Ya scallywag! We have live weekly shows. We've got space pods. Blimey! We have a ton o' media that we throw at you, and we give you a ton o' resources and tools t' say, arrr, 'Hey, this is really cool'. Arrr! We build on online community and engage with people with Twitter, Facebook, IRC realtime chat and brin' it all into t' show live." This combination o' live video and web hostin' requires significant computin' resources. Durin' a shuttle launch, arrr, t' viewership will be larger than CNN and MSNBC combined, and t' entire audience will be accessin' t' feed through Spacevidcast's web site. Avast, me proud beauty! Consequently, Spacevidcast needs a hostin' solution that scales up for big events such as a shuttle launch but scales back down once those events conclude. When it outgrew its initial provider, shiver me timbers, Spacevidcast decided t' take ...