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Old 10-27-2009, 06:56 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Ares I-X test flight
In a little less than an hour, NASA will launch a dummy model of it's new Ares I rocket.

It's really just a PR stunt to show off that they are working on something, because it doesn't share a single part with the actual Ares I, so any test data will be mostly irrelevant.

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Old 10-27-2009, 07:37 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 10-27-2009, 07:39 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Delayed for bad weather.
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Minus 14 minutes.

Am I the only one excited ? This is the first flight of the Constellation program.
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Scrubbed again because of a cargo ship in the launch zone.
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I completely forgot about it!

I have NASA TV on now.
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Launch now scheduled for 14.54 GMT (40 mins from the time of this post)
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Launch scrubbed for today due to weather
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