I was watching the webcast this morning for the launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle with the Dragon orbiter. There was one great climactic moment of anticipation.... and then ... *fizzle*.
The good news is that it was a safety cut-out. The flight computer detected a parameter on of of the nine Merlin engines of the Falcon 9 that was out of bounds and terminated the launch sequence. This means that whatever it was, it's fixable and they still have a viable launch vehicle.
The bad news... we gotta wait a bit longer for our first commercial space vehicle to dock with the ISS. And I stayed up all night to see it. :p
The good news is that it was a safety cut-out. The flight computer detected a parameter on of of the nine Merlin engines of the Falcon 9 that was out of bounds and terminated the launch sequence. This means that whatever it was, it's fixable and they still have a viable launch vehicle.
The bad news... we gotta wait a bit longer for our first commercial space vehicle to dock with the ISS. And I stayed up all night to see it. :p