[ExI] [wta-talk] Dawn launch (No turning back)

[Eugen Leitl]

Forwarding this, because it bounced.

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From: Amara Graps <amara at amara.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 07:21:34 +0200
To: wta-talk at transhumanism.org, extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
Subject: [wta-talk] Dawn launch (No turning back)
Reply-To: World Transhumanist Association Discussion List <wta-talk at transhumanism.org>


The decision has been made to begin fueling the rocket tanks Thursday,
July 5, starting at 4 AM. Once fueling begins there is no option but to
launch, since defueling and refueling requires a new tank that will not
be available until November - beyond Dawn's last window for the next
decade. Our launch window opens this Saturday just after 4 PM for 30
minutes then around the same time for following two days, after which we
would have to stand down for 3 days as a radar ship (being repaired)
gets into position for post-launch tracking off of the coast of West
Africa to replace an AWACS aircraft that has been standing in for it. We
may then have one or two more available launch days after that.

Preparation Pics:
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=173



Amara
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Amara Graps, PhD      www.amara.com
INAF Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI), Roma, ITALIA
Associate Research Scientist, Planetary Science Institute (PSI), Tucson
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