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Oh, really? That's interesting, what does he do?
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Engineering for some part of the main stage rocket engines. He was scheduled to be on for launch support during fuel loading overnight which I see was late being completed. Then he was supposed to be relieved early this morning to possibly get some sleep. Haven't heard from him yet to know how he thinks things are going. I see several issues on the timeline through the night and they are in an extended hold on the countdown at the moment.
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They have two more launch windows on Sept 2 and Sept 5, and if they don't try it on those days the next chance wouldn't be until the end of September.
Basically, no big deal to scrub today, there was some question if they would even load fuel because of the weather forecast, but I think they need to launch at some point this week. The program hasn't really had anything go to plan or to schedule at this point.
Tough to know without being closer to it, but sometimes it feels like a crippling abundance of caution when 50 years ago they would have said just launch the damned thing.
Basically, no big deal to scrub today, there was some question if they would even load fuel because of the weather forecast, but I think they need to launch at some point this week. The program hasn't really had anything go to plan or to schedule at this point.
Tough to know without being closer to it, but sometimes it feels like a crippling abundance of caution when 50 years ago they would have said just launch the damned thing.
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All this talk of condensation or something about the foam insulation, meanwhile they could've launched an hour ago.
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https://news.yahoo.com/nasas-perseverance-rover-reliably-producing-153409059.html
“Get your ass to Mars.” Total Recall here we come
“Get your ass to Mars.” Total Recall here we come
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I hate to say anything bad about NASA but that is a ridiculous conclusion.
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Why? MOXIE has been reliably shown to do the job it was tasked with. Scaled up versions could very well do as they dream it will.
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Multiple troubleshooting fix attempts, still leaking.
I don't see it happening. And with the push to Saturday, my understanding is that Monday isn't an option and the next chance isn't until late September and unclear if it would be rolled back to the hangar in the meantime.
I don't see it happening. And with the push to Saturday, my understanding is that Monday isn't an option and the next chance isn't until late September and unclear if it would be rolled back to the hangar in the meantime.
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You'd think the minute you start moth balling something like this you're going to start getting gremlins creeping in
