INTO TOMORROW NIGHT BUT WE'RE
TO GO UP ON SATURDAY. FOX 2
METEOROLOGIST BRIDGET MAHONEY
IS LIVE AT THE SCIENCE CENTER
TO SHOW US HOW WEATHER PLAYED
A BIG ROLE IN TODAY'S DECISION
BRIDGE.
YEAH IT WAS A REALLY BIG
DECISION TODAY AND THEY WAITED
UNTIL THE VERY LAST MINUTE
PRETTY MUCH TO MAKE THAT
DECISION NOT TO GO UP THAT'S
BECAUSE THEY WERE HOPING IT
IS GOING TO COOPERATE THAT.
HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM
AND THAT PROBLEM. THE WEATHER.
THIS ROCKET LAUNCH THEY
REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT AND
WEATHER IS ONE OF THOSE
QUESTION MARKS THE WEATHER WAS
A BIG QUESTION MARK IN TODAY'S
SPACE X DEMO 2 MISSION LAUNCH
A BIG UNKNOWN IS SORT OF A
DECADE REALLY PUT A WRENCH IN
THINGS AND IT'S A LOT BIGGER
THAN JUST THE WEATHER.
RIGHT THERE TODAY, THE
RANCH WAS MORE THAN JUST THE
WEATHER AT THE LAUNCH SITE
SOMETHING WITH THIS THAT THERE
ARE SUGGESTING THE ABILITY NOT
ONLY TO WATCH AND UP SPACE
STATION BUT THERE ARE THOSE
CONTINGENCY PLANS OF A
SOMETHING'S GOING WRONG LAUNCH
TO WE BE ASKING US TO SAFELY
RETURN BACK TO OUR
METEOROLOGIST ALSO FORECASTED
FOR THE AREA WHERE THEY WILL
LAND BACK ON EARTH IF THERE
WAS AN ISSUE THAT SPLASH POINT
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WHERE
ISSUES ARE BREWING THANKS TO
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA LUCY
JOHANNES THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION VISITING VEHICLE
CHIEF ENGINEER AND A GRADUATE
FROM ROLLA IS A PART OF A
MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON.
EVERYBODY AND EXTREMELY
EXCITED BECAUSE THIS IS
SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE IN
QUITE A LONG TIME.
THE MISSION HAS BEEN A BIG
STEP FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO SEE
AMERICAN ASTRONAUT SLID OFF
AMERICAN SOIL YOU'RE AN
AMERICAN SPACECRAFT IS TRULY
EXCITING.
BACK ABOARD ON SATURDAY.
AND ANOTHER COOL LOCAL THAI
PATRICK CLARK TALKED TO LAWAL
GRISSOM TODAY THAT IS THE
BROTHER OF GUS GRISSOM HE WAS
THE ORIGINAL ONE OF THE
ORIGINAL 7 ASTRONAUTS WHEN THE
U.S. LAUNCH THE SPACE PROGRAM
SO HE'LL HAVE THAT REPORT
TONIGHT AT 09:00PM REPORTING
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