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There's no timer on the feed, but at the moment they appear to be vacuuming. I'll take that as a sign that it's not going to launch in the next hour. Anybody

There's no timer on the feed, but at the moment they appear to be vacuuming. I'll take that as a sign that it's not going to launch in the next hour. Anybody have an actual time when that's supposed to happen?

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whiskers 15y ago
It's due to be around 4:30pm GMT (edited to correct the time, I was out by an hour)
- estel 15y ago
  My understanding is that it's 1530GMT: 1630BST :)
- mseebach 15y ago
  No, it's 3:30pm GMT. It's 4:30pm BST aka. London time. GMT is not whatever the time is in London.
  - whiskers 15y ago
    I'm an idiot.
timroman 15y ago
11:26am EDT or a little less than two hours from now. The launch window for today is only about 30 minutes. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2011/release-20110630.txt http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2011/relea...
dmboyd 15y ago
I think im seeing the same vacuuming footage. Slightly off topic, but what's with all the people wearing baseball caps indoors. Wouldn't it obscure a large portion of your vision?
- Udo 15y ago
  This is probably intended to minimize contamination of the equipment with hair. Apparently, they also have metal-on-metal seals on the main hatch, so the smallest pieces of dirt could potentially prevent them from working.
Sukotto 15y ago
Countdown timer here: http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/cdt http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/cdt