SpaceX Launch Scrubbed; On Again Saturday - AVweb

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KITPLANES Editor in Chief Marc Cook has been in aviation journalism for more than 30 years. He is a 4000-hour instrument-rated, multi-engine pilot with experience in nearly 150 types. He’s completed two kit aircraft, an Aero Designs Pulsar XP and a Glasair Sportsman 2+2, and currently flies a 2002 GlaStar.

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That’s the thing about FL weather and launches. On any given day your chances of clear weather are never better than 50-50 :slight_smile:

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Wise to postpone.

If the quality control of Musk’s rockets is like his cars I’d not add another variable of iffy weather to the risk for the astronauts.

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The ISS is, and always, has been a waste of money - very little science is done there, with very few scientific paper citations.

Should have been deorbited a decade ago.

NASA finds its way to overpriced space projects like a pig finds its way to mud.

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Those darn NASA kids should get off your lawn too! ?