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Off To The Cape

There aren't very many things that I find appealing about living in Florida, but being able to see launches is one of them. The inaugural flight of the Delta IV Heavy is scheduled this afternoon. For those not living as close to Cape Canaveral as I do, Boeing will have a webcast, starting about 2 PM EST.

[Update in the evening]

Yes, the launch was scrubbed, for weather. Apparently winds aloft.

We don't have time to drive up there and back every day until they get it off, so I guess we'll miss it. But we did have a nice day. We saw some birds up in the Merritt Island Refuge, and took a leisurely drive back down the coast along A1A. The hurricane damage from Frances and Jeanne along the coast in southern Brevard and St. Lucie counties (which were basically ground zero, in terms of being on the northern eyewall for both storms) remains impressive. Many houses along the shore were gutted, and we saw lots of tarps on roofs.

Posted by Rand Simberg at December 11, 2004 07:52 AM
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Rand - Your readers may be interested to know that launch schedule info is at https://www.patrick.af.mil/launch.htm (accept the certificate to access the site).

I'll be in Jacksonville Beach from late on the 17th until early on the 26th, and note that an Atlas V is to launch just before I arrive. So I'm hoping for a delay of at least one day. ;^)

Posted by Jay Manifold at December 12, 2004 07:08 AM

Mr Simberg -

My understanding is that the launch is scrubbed for today (Sunday).

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski at December 12, 2004 09:13 AM

Yep, canceled again. Oh well, I guess it beats a fatal launch failure.

Posted by Gojira at December 12, 2004 01:05 PM

Here's another useful site:
http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/index.htm

Don't expect a launch anytime soon. Major issues with the launch vehicle.

Posted by Matt at December 14, 2004 01:39 PM


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