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SpaceX first rocket launch of NASA astronauts into space set (UP: ISS docking complete!)
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With lives on board, there is no reason to take chances. People can wait a few days.
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if it doesn't go, ill switch my avatar to your choosing.
until relaunch.
Is canceling for weather purely a safety reason, or is the rocket not capable of adjusting for high winds and such?
Sounds like weather would be clear 10 mins past launch time, so they need to verify if that's viable?
Soyuz has been the real MVP and work horse of space exploration. It deserves all the respect a piece of engineering can deserve.
That being said it's time we move on.
It's not just the rocket, there are many variables, i.e, escape route for astronauts throughout the entire flight route in case they need to abort.
That and ability to recover the capsule/astronauts in case of an abort scenario.
Yeah I'm not criticising, just pointing out the contrast.
I imagine it throws off all their orbit calculations for meeting up with the ISS?
They can't get a further 10 minutes. They launch at 4:33 or they launch Saturday.
We had really horrible weather here in North Broward a bit ago, so I'm not surprised that it's a scrub today.
Ah, it was a joke it seems. Now I feel stupid lol. The 2 minutes made me think they were actually seeing if it was possible.
