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Flight scrubbed Presumably because of weather

Mary has been told that no evacuation necessary. Today's road closures cancelled.

Chance they may try again tomorrow (Saturday) but the county prefers to keep the beach open to local residents on weekends.

So next try will most likely be Monday.

Mary has received one of the by-now-familiar "overpressure" warning notices for Monday. But still no evacuation warning.

Talk in Boca Chica is that flight won't be tomorrow due to forecasts of wind beyond safe limits and the temporary flight restriction declaring a Boca Chica no-fly-zone for Monday has been canceled from the FAA website. Flight now seems to be no earlier than Tuesday. A new Wednesday TFR has been added to Tuesday's, presumably a new backup day It isn't clear what they will be doing tomorrow that requires the overpressure notice that Mary got.

Mary has another 'overpressure' warning for Tuesday May 4. She says that she is so ready to see Sn15 fly and says "May the 4th be with you".

Trust the 4th, Mary!

https://twitter.com/BocaChicaGal/status/...7253805060

The evacuation warning is currently on hold as they assess landing conditions later in the day. But indications are pretty good for a launch later in the afternoon.

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Launch has been scrubbed for today, presumably due to weather. Recycling to tomorrow with Thursday as backup day.

They seem to be trying for a launch today. The Flight Termination System appears to be armed and they are unchaining the flaps as we speak. Indications that fueling might start between 1 PM to 2 PM CDT.

Police are currently clearing the beach, but hordes of construction workers are still working on the Orbital Launch Area. Still no word of village evacuation.

Edit: Village has received evacuation warning!

Livestreams are up

Mary is heading out of the village.

From the Daily Hopper

Somebody in the twitter-chat wrote, "He tries his best, okay?"

Fewer than half a dozen cars left at the launch site. It was hundreds a few hours ago.

Edit - Pad clear except for one last security car doing final checks.

Reaction control thrusters have been firing off in tests of that.

The next expected development is the tank farm coming to life prior to fueling.

Edit-2 - Several vehicles have returned to the pad. They appear to be technicians sent in to check something.

Edit-3 - Vehicles have left the pad again - jokes about something just requiring a little "percussive maintainence"...

Edit-4 - Fueling underway. Launch should be about 20 minutes away, assuming launch poll is all 'Go!'.

Edit-5 - Tri-vent! Launch less than 10 minutes

T- Four minutes (approx)

Successful flight and Successful landing!!!

There hasn't been any explosion... YET.

Photo by Jack Beyer showing Sn15 coming back in for its landing. Hoppy watching on the lower right. The new underconstruction launch pad and the base of the Tower of Elon in the lower left

(May 5, 2021 11:20 PM)Yazata Wrote: [ -> ]T- Four minutes (approx)

Successful flight and Successful landing!!!

There hasn't been any explosion... YET.

Photo by Jack Beyer showing Sn15 coming back in for its landing

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0qJlalXIAQM...=4096x4096

Need to end those "fires" at the base or along the hull -- whatever their cause -- that still linger after a touchdown. No nearby extinguishing mechanisms on the Moon or Mars to put them out or repair the problem source.

"A fire also licked SN15's base right after today's landing, but it was extinguished in relatively short order."