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Old 07-01-2006, 06:27 PM   #1
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has been postponed, due to weather. safe than sorry, 'suppose.
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Old 07-02-2006, 10:39 AM   #2
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Lightning strikes the cape yesterday.
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Old 07-03-2006, 02:26 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by BigV
has been postponed, due to weather. safe than sorry, 'suppose.
The central weather issue was the fact that there were thunderstorm cells too close to the landing strip at KSC...which would be used in the case of a return-to-launch-site (RTLS) or abort-once-around (AOA) launch abort.

I've seen IMAX video of what a shuttle pilot sees on final to the KSC runway. No way I'd want to try that in a thunderstorm.

In other STS news, we're currently go for a July 4 launch, having decided that the foam crack discovered during/after yesterday's safing wasn't big enough to be a worry.

I really have to wonder would we be having all these ET foam problem if they hadn't stopped painting the ET to save weight. A nice thick coat of latex...
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