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2 July 2005
Launch Criteria for Discovery
Right now the weather for the shuttle launch on Wednesday looks pretty good. I would say the chance of a shower scrubbing the launch is only about 25%. When I worked in Florida, I covered several shuttle launches. They truly are something to see. TV definitely does not due it justice. Especially a night launch. When you watch on TV they stay zoomed into the shuttle but at the press …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.