Re: How early can a scrub be decided ?

FYI

As of last night, it was 60%, that has changed as of 10am this morning
and has held all day to 20%.

If anyone is heading down.. Look for me at Indian River!!!! WOHOOO!


Jorge R. Frank wrote:
John Doe <jdoe@xxxxxxx> wrote in news:44A5DB1B.3CA0858@xxxxxxx:

The status report shows a 60% change of weather not permitting a launch
on saturday and similar stats for sunday.

As I recall, the decision is usually made during the t-9 minutes hold.

Are there rules/procedures that cause NASA to decide on a no-go much
earlier ? For instance, if the weather service predicts a 90% chance of
weather prohibiting launch, would NASA still go ahead with the filling
of the ET (a rather expensive endeavour and one which is stressful to
the aluminium and foam) ?

I've seen NASA scrub a launch at the tanking meeting.


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