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Originally Posted by Eleazar
This is probably a dumb guy question, but why can't they just pause the count for 15 minutes or so and then go?
Asking CP because of course we have a bunch of rocket surgeons here  |
They're aiming for the ISS, which is moving. If you don't launch at the right time, you miss the station. All ISS launches will have an instantaneous launch windows (which basically means they have to launch at the exact second or not at all).