Comments on: The first launch of Japan’s new Epsilon rocket was scrubbed today at T-19 seconds. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-first-launch-of-japans-new-epsilon-rocket-was-scrubbed-today-at-t-19-seconds/ Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-first-launch-of-japans-new-epsilon-rocket-was-scrubbed-today-at-t-19-seconds/#comment-104295 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:02:47 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=24481#comment-104295 I think that it was the American news media that made a big deal out of delayed launches. In the early 1980s, they even would report how many milliseconds behind schedule a space shuttle would launch, but I think that stopped after the Challenger explosion and the press tried to blame launch pressure for the accident.

The first thing that I think when a first launch of any rocket is scrubbed for a day is just what you said. It is better for the first launch to be successful than to be on time. The 1990s had about ten or eleven new rockets take their maiden flights, and all but one exploded. That is a bad track record, and it did not instill confidence from the rest of us.

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