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Try, Try Again

Armadillo just started back out to the pad for their afternoon attempt. They reportedly had a contaminated line, that they cleaned. Someone was asking me this morning what their chances are, and I (and most others) thought pretty good, given that they've already done it, just not here. But things can happen in transport, and things can happen in different venues, and there are no guarantees. The money may still be on the table at the end of the weekend. We'll soon see, or at least we'll soon see if they have to wait until tomorrow for one last attempt.

My problems with the Internet are everyone's. The bandwidth is available in the press HQ, and it's plentiful. Unfortunately, that building is a ten to fifteen minute walk from the press tent on the flight line, which has no power, and no Internet. It does have a good view, and shade though.

Here are some pictures:

This is the backup to "Mod," the Level 1 vehicle that was hastily thrown together to replace "Texel, which died in a fire during a test a couple months ago. At the time this was taken, the primary version hadn't come back from the aborted attempt this morning.

The above is a view of the return of the vehicles after this morning's scrub. "Pixel" (shown below closeup, and the Level 2 vehicle) is in the front, with "Mod" behind.

Posted by Rand Simberg at October 27, 2007 12:43 PM
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Is there a webcast this year? I've been looking all over space.com and the xprize websites but I can't find anything.

Posted by Ian G at October 27, 2007 01:03 PM


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