Falcon Heavy’s launch delay by weather, prediction is 20%. February 6 13:30 – 16:30 EST.
HP2’s launch from here, weather delay 100%
Fog, again. The 70K road out off the mountains is very narrow and covered in trucks and buses. It can wait a day
So here I am, in a small but comfy room, having an egg curry for lunch, doing this blog. I missed a few days recently, I’ll attempt to not have that happen again, wifi permitted, this is a personal thing. Record an item a day. Social stuff can make it harder
That reminds me, I’ve got to do a food blog. Myanmar food was simpler, fresher and greener. I’m a little bored of curry variations. In a more decent place like this I can get an omelette for breakfast. That’s the closest you can get to basic. No stomach problems yet, I’m sure that’s coming.
So, to the most important thing coming up: Falcon Heavy
Some key information, headed by launch schedule, from Reddit
Elon’s downplaying mission success. A quote:
“good chance it would not make it to orbit in its first launch”
I looked for odds out there, found this, but only a small sample
But the Redditors mostly seem to concur. They seem to be thinking along the lines of 60% to 70%. A breakdown example below
An excellent animation of the mission