A Liftoff Deferred: SpaceX Mission From NASA's Historic Launch Pad Delayed

[question everything]

Source: NPR

Poised on the brink of ushering in a new era, NASA's historic launch pad in Florida will need to wait another day for its milestone. At the last minute, the private space company SpaceX scrubbed its Saturday launch, which would have marked the first time the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A was used in over half a decade.

Instead, the launch will wait at least 24 hours while SpaceX takes a "closer look at positioning of the second stage engine nozzle," an anomaly that came to light shortly before liftoff. The company plans to try again on Sunday.



Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/18/515946936/watch-live-spacex-launch-marks-a-milestone-for-nasas-historic-pad

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Hope it will launch in another day

[tenorly]

1. And no, Elon. You and the other plutocrats are not setting up an Elysium on Mars,

leaving the rest of us in a wasteland.

If you'd like to see that, try moving back to South Africa.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Your post is a total non-sequitur. And your slam against his origins is out of place here, I think.

Yes, we know he's rich.

Yes, we know that people with vision wish to spread civilization to a Planet B, just in case the Pave-the-Earth and dominionist gangs destroy this one.

But your assertion that Musk is planning to "set up on Mars" with other plutocrats is nonsense. Musk happens to like Earth very much.

You have in mind a faulty chain of reasoning that I think would be exposed as such if you shared it with us.

[MicaelS]

9. You have to give Musk credit.

He is trying to do something. We have not had a administration in a long time that has supported NASA as it should be supported.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Yes, Musk deserves great credit for what Space-X is doing and his solar power company

He isn't done yet, either.

[Achilleaze]

2. Republican comrade casino scores another fail

If the republican draft dodger in chief is going to claim that everything good that happens is attributable to him, he owns the fails also

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Another non-sequitur post. tRump has nothing to do with engineers delaying a launch out of caution.

[Achilleaze]

5. d'oh

Did you figure that out by yourself?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Yes, I figured it out myself. . . . . nt

[Eugene]

7. This *is* rocket science.

Glitches like this happen all the time, and it is good
to catch it on the ground. Tomorrow's another day.

[Zorro]

8. What I find extraordinary about the way SpaceX does launches

is that they conduct static firing tests on the pad -- they fire up the engines to make sure everything looks OK before doing the actual launch.

Rocket science is indeed rocket science -- it is very prudent to exercise an abundance of caution in these situations.

I believe SpaceX is preparing to launch 96 satellites on one vehicle in the May timeframe, so they need to ensure this one doesn't have a problem.

[OxQQme]

12. 10 satellites in January

http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/01/14/iridium-1-mission-photos

[Red Mountain]

11. Is Elon Musk a Republican?

[OxQQme]

13. Contributed to Hillary

but seems like more an independent business man who wants to do good things for the earth.

https://www.quora.com/Who-are-Elon-Musks-favorite-candidates-for-the-U-S-presidential-election-in-2016

[nitpicker]

14. From SpaceX Twitter: 9:38 am next chance

Standing down to take a closer look at positioning of the second stage engine nozzle. 9:38am ET tomorrow is next earliest launch opportunity

[truthisfreedom]

15. Elon's got this.

ᴛʀᴍᴘ has nothing.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. SpaceX launched it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141707444