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Despite the Bahamian low that's supposed to bring showers to south Florida today, there's an eighty percent chance of good weather for the launch tonight, so I think we'll be driving up. Too bad it's not an hour or so later--then it would be a night launch.
Posted by Rand Simberg at June 08, 2007 07:21 AM
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Too bad it's not an hour or so later--then it would be a night launch.
That was intentional, fortunately, for this flight only.
Posted by Leland at June 8, 2007 10:11 AM
What do you mean by that? They don't have any choice as to what time to launch, other than to pick a different day. They wanted to launch as soon as possible, and that was today, which determines launch window. If you're talking about the daylight launch constraint, that went away last summer. They had a night launch in December.
Posted by Rand Simberg at June 8, 2007 10:16 AM
Depending on the clouds, I hope to see this one. I missed the last one because I gave up waiting, unwittingly just a few minutes before it actually launched.
Posted by Jonathan at June 8, 2007 11:06 AM
The daytime launch constraint did go away, but there would have been a push for one if, not by coincidence, the next available time wasn't a daylight launch.
Posted by Leland at June 8, 2007 11:45 AM
Why do you say that? The rule went away last fall. They no longer have any concerns about night launches. As I said, they had one in December.
Posted by Rand Simberg at June 8, 2007 11:56 AM
You know its interesting how much things have changed. Shuttle launches used to be routine. Now every one seems like a minor miracle with the future of the ISS and NASA hanging in the balance.
Two articles as examples.
http://www.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGBXGYY0O2F.html
NASA Aiming To Quiet Critics Of Aging Shuttles
By KURT LOFT The Tampa Tribune
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/06/08/State/Shuttle_s_big_countdo.shtml
Shuttle's big countdown
By CURTIS KRUEGER
Posted by at June 8, 2007 12:06 PM
Shuttle launches used to be routine. Now every one seems like a minor miracle with the future of the ISS and NASA hanging in the balance.
It has less to do with ISS than it does with the loss of Columbia. If you recall, one of the major findings of CAIB was to reconsider the notion that Shuttle launches are routine. Whether you agree or not, that really has more to do with it than ISS. Also NASA isn't going anywhere, and if you think it is, then you need to see Instapundit's Pork Busters comments and "Meet the New Boss, yada, yada".
Posted by Leland at June 8, 2007 08:48 PM
Rand,
Sorry you missed the night time fireworks, but I hope you still liked the show.
Posted by Leland at June 8, 2007 08:51 PM
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