As I said before, it’s really amazing that we’ve ever flown this vehicle:

Current plans are for a 2:38 p.m. launch on Tuesday. However, the mission management team is meeting at 10 a.m. this morning to discuss “a range of possible options” related to the foam crack, NASA spokesman Bruce Buckingham said. The options include repairing the crack before launch or flying as-is.

It’s unclear if the repair can be done at the launch pad (though that seems very unlikely) or how long the work might take. If the work can’t be done at the pad, this is a rollback situation and it’s unlikely NASA could fly in this July window. The next window opens Aug. 28.

And there would go another few hundred million dollars.

It’s enough to make one cry when one contemplates what that kind of money would do for a new space transport industry.

[Update in mid afternoon]

John Kelly has the latest. They’re still going to attempt a launch tomorrow, but will have to do an inspection to ensure that ice isn’t forming in the spot where the foam isn’t. If it is, that will scrub the launch (and presumably necessitate a rollback, unless they can find some way to repair it on the pad).