liquid oxygen clouds
you can see the evapourating oxygen as it loads the 2nd2nd stage. all systems go for about 15 minutes mobile data coverage struggles with all of us here using it. 4min to go. lots of commentary 1min
t minus 1 hr and starting liquid fuel
looking good for the kaboom
5 minutes to fueling falcon heavy
launch window ends at 4pm. fueling needs to start in 5min to hit it. no word on gas mileage. the tower back there is the rocket we are starting the go/nogo. we are go for fueling commencing!
2:30 to go, winds, bring on bill nye to entertain the crowd
crowd is getting excited. selfies with bill nye all around. lets talk about the near certainty of martians to keep us excited! turns out if u want to practise martian life go to Antarctica. hmmm. i’ll research this later. best comment seen (yet) is inside the appollo visitor centre. a photo of astronauts practising in…
Feel the heat: 3hr to go!
20 hours of driving. 7 hours of charging the car. many waffle houses. roadkill/jerky. one reboot of a tesla. windshwind wiper software in beta. one trip down the runway of the shuttles landing strip. and here we are. 3hr to go to the kaboom