RW, thanks for the updates. I’ve got the tube on NASA-TV, soundless, while listening to Laura Ingraham.
I don’t know if Laura is a Mensan, but she sounds like a typical Mensan—all the way from really deep stuff to total silly nonsense in a minute.
spaceflightnow.com
1549 GMT (11:49 a.m. EDT)
WAVEOFF. Atlantis will remain in space for at least another orbit today. Rainshowers developing west of the Kennedy Space Center landing strip and low cloud ceilings have forced entry flight director Norm Knight to scrub the first of the day’s two landing opportunities.
If the weather situation improves, Atlantis could return to Earth later this afternoon, beginning with a deorbit burn at 2:25 p.m. and touchdown at 3:30 p.m. on Kennedy Space Center’s three-mile-long runway.
Should the weather remain “no go” for backup landing opportunity, Atlantis would stay in orbit for an additional day. There are landing options available at KSC and the alternate site at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Friday.