Falcon 1 launch slipped a day to review static fire data

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: March 22, 2006 (NASASpaceFlight reported the statement on March 22, 2006; NASA Watch and Spaceflight Now carried it on March 23.)
To:: SpaceX update mailing list

No major issues were discovered following the static fire, but, as a cautionary measure, we are going to take one more day to review data and verify system functionality. Launch is now scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. California time.

About this email

Nothing serious turned up after the static fire, but Musk takes one more day to review data and moves the launch to Friday, March 24.

Notes

Spaceflight Now and NASASpaceFlight attribute the statement to Elon Musk; they quote only the first sentence. A missing space in the reader output ('andverify') was restored. Text was retrieved through a page reader, so punctuation and paragraph breaks may differ slightly from the original page.

Where it came from

Published by Musk; attribution widely reported.

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