Anyone seen the balloon soundings for Cape Canaveral?
So they just announced today's sounding balloons showed clean air all the way up. But the range is still RED due to weather. I'll be surprised if they fuel but I was also surprised they launched the Challenger Popsicle.
They have one item on the check list in addition to the weather. They are set to fuel around the top of the hour. For me the easy way to make the decision is, would you hesitate for a second if it was unmanned? If you would, then scrub it.
About to get the final launch check.
When I was in 2nd grade my father who was @AP came into my classroom and took me out to go home to watch the Mercury launches, through John Glenn's, at home, because the school didn't have a way to show it. #LaunchAmerica
Escape system is armed. So now they will start fueling soon.
They are loading fuel. Kerosene and LOX.
They are talking about the count. They are saying stuff that sounds like launch halt. They have to possibility of hold and and launch due to the window.
It looks like a weather update. One constraint on lightning. I won't be surprised if they scrub. Six minutes they should know.
My uncle was a test pilot. Helicopters. He taught John Young one of the early astronauts how to fly at Pensacola during WWII. Said he was the best pilot he ever saw.
Sounds like they are going to scrub. But they haven't made the call. Final decision to come shortly.
Sky looks nasty. Lots of energy in that IMO.
One final check Still on RED. < 1 minute.
They are violating weather rules and they re aborting.
Dumb to have fueled it for the #OrangeMenace. Now they have to de-fuel in potential electrical storm. Not smart.
