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02-06-2018, 11:02 AM | #1531 |
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Looks like they're worried about wind shear and are waiting it out.
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02-06-2018, 11:03 AM | #1532 |
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Though reports are saying that its for more favorable winds and not anything mechanical.
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02-06-2018, 11:03 AM | #1533 |
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02-06-2018, 11:20 AM | #1534 |
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Now 2:50pm Eastern. I'm obviously not trying to keep up with OP updates FYI.
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02-06-2018, 12:05 PM | #1535 |
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Now 3:05 EST. Looking like it could get scrubbed by the wind forecasts.
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02-06-2018, 12:15 PM | #1536 |
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02-06-2018, 12:26 PM | #1537 |
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Man...it'll be disappointing if we get scrubbed for weather, of all things. I expected some weird thing to go wrong in the process, but weather was looking good for today.
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02-06-2018, 12:47 PM | #1538 |
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Yeah. I'm personally worried about the fuel load. Simultaneously loading multiple tanks has to up the difficulty quite a bit.
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02-06-2018, 12:52 PM | #1539 |
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Launch auto-sequence initiated (aka the holy mouse-click) for 3:45 liftoff #FalconHeavy
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02-06-2018, 12:54 PM | #1540 |
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Looks like the wind has died down enough...
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02-06-2018, 01:27 PM | #1541 |
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Prop load is starting, so they're at least gonna TRY and get it off today at 3:45pm Eastern.
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02-06-2018, 01:40 PM | #1542 |
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Can one watch this on TV?
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02-06-2018, 01:43 PM | #1543 |
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02-06-2018, 01:51 PM | #1544 |
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Over 500K watching on you tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c Here's the PBS stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQx6YBtQZbw Last edited by eDave; 02-06-2018 at 02:01 PM.. |
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02-06-2018, 01:57 PM | #1545 |
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