Well we went back to the Space Center and suggested they rewrite the launch over-ride process so that they could control the engine cut-off from the ground and not rely on the suspect processor. This is going to take a bit longer to implement so they scrubbed the Friday launch and are going for Saturday at 15.43 (20:43 GMT). Yeah, honestly!!
We went to the areas we didn't see yesterday and saw the IMAX Space Station film, very good and then the Shuttle Launch Simulator which works better than the real one ;^). Tom had his first go at driving the mighty Magnum, when we went to the Astronaut Hall of Fame, and is now considering getting a V8 for the Rocket instead of a Focus engine. He now agrees with me that American cars don't do corners, nor economy actually.
We'll probably go to the Valiant Air Command Warbird museum tomorrow and look at some low tech old aeroplanes, oh sorry, airplanes. There should also be a NASA press conference around 17:00 (22:00 GMT) to announce if our scheme worked and the new launch plan.
By the way it is somewhat strange to be walking about in 80 degree heat, putting on sun block and listening to the loud speakers pumping out "Frosty the Snowman" and "White Christmas"!
A few windows left, just tell them to work 'overtime'.
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Fingers crossed for Sat - I'll miss it now, stupid Brownie sleepover!!!
Take lots of pics - as if you need telling ;-)
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Yep, the turns are as comfortable as an ocean liner... and similar in a few other ways!
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