_AdAstra_PerAspera t1_ivtqqir wrote
Ruh-roh. Some NASA/USSF weather forecasters (and program managers) will be facing some tough questions about this. That’s a lot of taxpayer-funded hardware to be left blowing in the wind.
patrick66 t1_ivu5hrp wrote
The big problem is they had to make the call Sunday and on Sunday the chance of these winds actually being this strong at the cape was <5%. Moving the rocket just takes too long and they’re getting burned because of it
Icy-Conclusion-3500 t1_ivu49qx wrote
They knew this was a possibility
Xaxxon t1_ivuc3xb wrote
When something has a non-zero possibility that means it can happen.
As long as when you say there's a 15% chance of stuff happening, about 15% of the time it happens, you're doing your job.
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