Ares I-X test launch
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Scrub for today 
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Here's to a successful launch...
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What's the time window for launch today?
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Lets hope for no cloud, no triboelectrification, no ships to close, no stuck probe covers and no other issues.
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Edit;
that GMT?
Yup. Launch is now expected no earlier than 12:30. Weather is the same as yesterday with a 60% chance of no go.
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Well, I have an appointment at 12:45, so I am hoping for a delayed launch today! lol
I also am hoping for a no go for today
If it is delayed passed today when is the next launch window ?
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I can remember watching, with great excitement, the take off of the first Space Shuttle in 1980. We'd just returned from living in Canada, and it was a hugely significant event for that time.
Has the World lost interest in space and space exploration? I don't sense anything like the same atmosphere surrounding this launch
Has the World lost interest in space and space exploration? I don't sense anything like the same atmosphere surrounding this launch
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Anyone watching this see the fish jumping in the lake before the launch?
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Ah right, thanks
I also am hoping for a no go for today
If it is delayed passed today when is the next launch window ?
Same window on Thursday.
EDIT: Current launch forecast for today is 13:00 – 13:15
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I suppose there is some aspect of taking it for granted, but should be noted that shuttle was return to space after a depressed period in the US space program and in the US mood in the country in general. And hey it was like Buck Rogers (the TV show btw had a very shuttle looking ship in it before shuttle was ever off the ground).I can remember watching, with great excitement, the take off of the first Space Shuttle in 1980. We'd just returned from living in Canada, and it was a hugely significant event for that time.
Has the World lost interest in space and space exploration? I don't sense anything like the same atmosphere surrounding this launch
Also shuttle was a manned mission on it's first launch.
I remember it too. It was very exciting.
