EXPLICIT MATERIAL

Today, the Orion Test Flight attempted to launch and faced several challenges during it's launch window and had to scrub the launch for 24 hours.  

Alex goes over the first (scrubbed) launch of the Orion Spacecraft from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

 

He goes over the incidents that caused the delay. ("Higher-than-expected" winds, another boat, and "sticky" Hydrogen Valves) He tells the story of the "Four-Inch Launch" of the Mercury-Redstone 1 (MR-1)

...and gets a little too excitable about the boat that entered "restricted area".

 

FAN Question: How do I subscribe/set-up/use a podcast app? How does it work? ANSWER: A HOW-TO for setting up a podcast (any podcast on multiple devices) so that you can listen to it in the best way possible will be up tomorrow. Make sure to check it out

 

Space Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_1
• http://www.universetoday.com/116986/high-winds-technical-issues-and-a-boat-delay-orion-test-flight/
• http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2014/20141204-orion-scrub-report-sticky.html