NASA and Orbital Sciences have rescheduled the Cygnus freighter launch to ISS until January 8 because of cold weather.
NASA and Orbital Sciences have rescheduled the Cygnus freighter launch to ISS until January 8 because of cold weather.
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NASA and Orbital Sciences have rescheduled the Cygnus freighter launch to ISS until January 8 because of cold weather.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Come on, you guys! Take off your engineer’s hats and put on your manager’s hats!
Hah! Now that is an obscure quote only some will know.
Exactly why was the original launch delayed?
I have an idea that they couldn’t have the cargo ship docked at the same time as they were doing an EVA.
But why couldn’t they do the launch and then just “park” the cargo ship a few miles away until they were done working?
Did they think they would need some extra parts and were holding the ship just to make sure they could get them up in time?
Is it time for another docking port to be added to the station?
Does the cargo ship only have enough power for a set amount of time in space and they were afraid that some cargo might overheat of freeze if they delayed docking it?
I just never had a clear answer as to why they delayed the launch in the first place.