re: Who is ready for Artemis I? November edition

Folks,

Just wanted to say thanks for the support and interest.

It was an incredible night.

Some notes:
I never heard anything about a radar issue that was mentioned in this thread. My guess is there was a bit of confusion about the issue on the Space Force side related to their network switch. Again that was a Space Force ground asset and not rocket related. The Space Force is involved in the launch (and all launches) to protect public safety in case there is an issue with the launch vehicle and it goes off-coarse. They send a self-destruct signal so that the rocket doesn't turn into an uncontrolled missile headed for Disney World. They test that system prior to launch, and the test failed. They troubleshot real-time and discovered the issue was on their end and fixed it quickly, so kudos to them. We had just run through that test Sunday, and everything worked. Sometimes untimely issues like this pop up with ground hardware that prevents a healthy rocket from launching. That's just life in the space biz.

Thanks again.

If you have any other questions, let me know and I'll do my best to answer.