Monday, December 19, 2005

SpaceX Scrub #2

It looks like today's attempt to launch Falcon 1 out of Kwaj is scrubbed. Don't know for sure why, but the last comments from Kimbal Musk was that "winds are picking up", which was causing significant increase in LOX boil-off.

Bummer, if true. But a good decision. Let's hope three time's the charm.

Update: 3:00pm The initial reports are that there was a leak in the 1st stage fuel tank. By the sound of it, it was not a major problem. The tank will be fixed, re-tested, and They'll try again as soon as the missle range re-opens again, early in january. More details to follow later.

Update 2: OK, my original guesses were a little off, but at least somewhat related to what actually happened. More info is now availble from Kimbal