1. Somber mood at the LCC as they prepare for the final shuttle flight.
2. The more traffic or people outside KSC, and the countdown time will really determine the scrub turnaround. IE you get a scrub at T -2 hrs you'll see a Sunday lunch.Why traffic only two ways to exit KSC, SR 3 and also the NASA Causeway. Both of these are not four lane highways so they jam up quickly. You will have launch visitors, and workers, plus people who drove to the cape area to watch the launch all trying to leave. Highways the US 1 will be jammed. Ie, first STS 1 launch took me 2 hours to get to my hotel in Melbourne Beach on AIA. Normally a 20 minute trip...Coming back to Orlando for a later launch last year took about 3 hours to get to the airport after a scrub. So that's why.
3. Pad 39 A post launch will be SOP, no tear down or demolotion planned unlike 39 b which is a bring your own RSS.
4. Tanking should go ok without a major weather problem.
5. RSS rollback which takes place at 2pm Thursday may have weather delays.
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