It's good training for the ground crews and a great checkout for all the systems.
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- Why the Heck does NASA FUEL up Shuttle with 30% Launch Probability?
- because they launched and the vehicle is now on orbit. (n/t)
- Launch chances looking pretty good right now. (n/t)
- re: Practice makes perfect. (n/t)
- It's good training for the ground crews and a great checkout for all the systems. (n/t)
- Fuelling costs approx 0.5 - 0.6% of processing, 0.01% of total mission cost. (n/t)
- They would look pretty dumb if the cloud cleared and there was no fuel in the tanks... (n/t)