Went to the Space Center today and on the Then and Now tour to see the original launch facilities for the Mercury and Gemini programs. This is actually the firing console for the first manned US space flight in the original bunker, only 200 feet from the launch pad. The minimum safe distance for a Shuttle launch is three and a half miles, Health and Safety I guess!!There is only a 20% chance of a launch on Thursday because of the impending thunder storms but there is a chance they won't arrrived until after the launch window. The weather forecast gets worse for the next few days but Sunday or Monday would be possiblities, hey-ho.
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