SpaceX is go

[2muchcoffeeman]

(The title? In the tradition of "Thunderbirds are go" …)

Starship plus booster scheduled for full-dress launch test today, and SpaceX appears to be dedicated to launching as soon as its window opens at 0800 CDT (0900 EDT, 0700 MDT, 022 HST).

Two video feeds:

NASA Spaceflight has been live since midnight EDT:

https://www.youtube.com/live/eN57x2a_waw

SpaceX's feed is scheduled to go live 45 minutes before launch:

https://www.youtube.com/live/L5QXreqOrTA

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I have no idea why those video links aren't working, but we're about two minutes away from propellant load.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

 

[Starman]

Scrubbed

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Pressurization issue.

 

[Starman]

They're going to run the countdown down to T-minus 0:10 then stop

Delay apparently at least 48 hours

 

[TigerVols]

I hate hate hate that Elon's left me rooting for launch failures with the Starship.

 

[Hermes]

"Something's gonna stop us now."

Aim those tomatoes low, folks.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Better to not go and wish you had gone than it is to go and then wish you hadn't gone.

 

[Starman]

Trying again

SpaceX readies for another attempt to launch Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built

 

[BTExpress]

Musk has sought to temper expectations for this test launch, saying, "success is not what should be expected …That would be insane."

Is this a SpaceX story or a Twitter story?

 

[Starman]

T-22:00, so far so good.

I will say, Starship kicks off much much more fuel and oxidizer vapor on the pad than Saturn or the Shuttle did.