[MilCom] STS-121 launch attempt again

[AllanStern at aol.com]

It is Sunday, 2 June 2006.
 
  On the very heels of my posting about the hard work of the USCG  Auxiliary 
here, we have a good example of their dedication to their job this  morning.
  Moments ago, at 9:05am, two members of the CG Aux were in boat-boat  comms 
on 157.05.  It is very obvious that there will be another launch  scrub today; 
the weather here is terrible, and NASA has only a five-minute  window during 
which it can launch STS-121 and achieve and orbit in which  the Orbiter can 
catch up with the ISS.  Yet one of the CG Aux members  was saying to another:
  "Yeah, the Coast Guard says they know it will be a scrub today, but  we are 
obligated to activate and enforce the launch security zone anyway.  So they 
want us to get up there right away, just don't endanger yourself; if we  are a 
little late because of this weather, that is OK, but we have to get  there."
  What better example of commitment to duty.
  Vessels in the launch security area are reporting visibility less  than a 
mile, and poor weather.
  Also, as I type this, I am hearing the Patrick AFB Tower give CG  6542 
permission to start engines and prepare for takeoff.
 
AL STERN  Satellite Beach  FL
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