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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:12 AM
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"Why don't you fix your little problems and light this candle?!"
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 07:19 AM
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1. Launch director just announced that they expect to launch in about one hour
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 08:11 AM
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2. Still on track for a 9:24 EDT launch
with countdown resuming at 9:20.

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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 08:28 AM
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3. Make that 9:44
Time keeps on slipping slipping slipping into the future....
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 08:37 AM
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4. No go!
There is a ship in the launch warning area!

Looks like perhaps a 90 minute delay. x( x( x( x(
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 08:39 AM
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5. The dummy capsule is going to have to wet its pants.
Either that or they get the lug wrech and pry it out.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 09:40 AM
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6. Now it's too windy
:banghead:

Not a scrub yet but their launch window closes in about an hour and a half.
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Jokerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 10:05 AM
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7. They are going to try again in about 10 minutes.
Hoping for a window in the weather.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 10:24 AM
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9. Now officially a scrub
Try again tomorrow.

I wanted to see it 'live' if only on webcast.
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Jokerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 10:23 AM
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8. Scrubbed for today.
Weather just wouldn't co-operate.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 10:26 AM
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10. The frustrating thing was that the weather was green earlier
but there was a cargo ship in the warning area.

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Jokerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-27-09 10:28 AM
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11. Yea, that bites.
Thanks for starting this thread.

I forgot all about it until I saw your post.

:toast:
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