Launch will have to wait a little longer
Well, it looks like the launch will have to wait a little longer. After last week was so warm and sunny, a storm blew in just when we needed a clear day! Rats.
Here's a picture from today. The white spot over the water is the weather balloon that they sent up to check the winds. It swirled up and down alot!
Last night they had a meeting and decided that the weather wasn't great, but not too bad, so they gave a “GO” for the launch preparations. So everyone got up early this morning to go through the countdown procedures. But they kept meeting all day, and decided around 8:45 AM that the weather wasn't going to work for launch. The forecast doesn't look good for tommorow, so they'll try again on Friday (let's see, that's Thursday night for EDT in the U.S.). In the mean time, the Goddard folks will be monitoring the amount of liquid Helium in my tank to make sure it doesn't need to be topped of before then. (I think they'll also be catching up on sleep!)
Don't worry… I'll be launching soon! We still have another 9 days that could be launch day. And then another couple of weeks at the end of the month. See, they're prepared for this!
