bump - thanks for the launch thread.
As engineers prepared to move the Rotating Service Structure away from Atlantis, a severe thunderstorm passed overhead, delivering rain and lightning that produced two strikes near the launch pad.
Data review showed the two strikes occurred at 12:31 p.m. and 12:40 p.m. EDT. The first struck the water tower 515 feet (157 meters) from the pad and the second struck the beach area northeast of the pad.
So far, the data review indicates no issues with any systems, including shuttle Atlantis, External Tank, Solid Rocket Boosters, Space Shuttle Main Engines or Ground Support Equipment."
“Godspeed” was the word used today for the Atlantis from the folks at Wallops Island. I follow their feeds when they have launches going because I live so close. They’ve had to scrub sounding launches 3 days running this week, primarily due to weather. That launch is now looking at Saturday if Atlantis goes off as planned tomorrow.
I got some awesome pix from the big launch last week.