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With an 8 hour launch window

SteveS — 12/19/2005 2:09:01 PM (archived)

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• SpaceX is supposed to try again tomorrow - Larry J - 12/18/2005 7:27:20 PM
  • With an 8 hour launch window - SteveS - 12/19/2005 2:09:01 PM
    • T minus 15 and holding, possible weather related - SteveS - 12/19/2005 7:04:11 PM
      • re: Looks like high wind is the cause of the hold-up (n/t) - SteveS - 12/19/2005 7:14:27 PM
        • Scrubbed. Next launch opportunity is in January. - Larry J - 12/19/2005 7:35:34 PM
          • re: Scrubbed. Next launch opportunity is in January. - Nemo - 12/20/2005 1:35:26 AM
            • Before Boeing and Lock Mart celebrate too much... - Larry J - 12/20/2005 1:47:02 PM
          • Seems to be a structural problem of the fuel tank (n/t) - SteveS - 12/19/2005 8:11:02 PM
            • More info - Larry J - 12/20/2005 11:13:31 PM
              • A Question... - DALeffler - 12/23/2005 12:01:34 AM
                • Probably not - Larry J - 12/23/2005 12:47:16 AM
                  • re: Probably not - DALeffler - 12/23/2005 5:40:43 AM
                    • It was probably a vent valve, although SpaceX calls it a pressurization valve - Larry J - 12/23/2005 11:22:45 PM
              • So pressurize it and pop it back out again. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/21/2005 4:23:17 AM
                • Not as simple as that - Larry J - 12/21/2005 2:36:27 PM
                  • True enough. - Tom Brosz - 12/22/2005 1:11:37 AM
                • re: So pressurize it and pop it back out again. - SteveS - 12/21/2005 2:33:01 PM