Oh man! Pre launch for me is 12:30am and launch is at 1:55am. I'll be up until at least 3am and I have to get up for work at 7 well it's time for a few rock star drinks. So let me get this right. The launch is at 4:55 eastern time so, technically, it's a night launch but according to the flight plan it could reach daylight by the time of MECO or shortly after.
9.55am British Summer Time on a Saturday morning, what could be more perfect?
I have a really solid feeling about this launch date. For one, there have been enough delays at this point that this might actually be the real launch date. I am in Phoenix. My birthday is May 19th. Do you think it is reasonable for me to fly to Florida for the 19th? What are the odds of it being cancelled due to weather? The ticket is like $500. If I devide the cost of the ticket by the expected value of the launch, that should give me the real price of the ticket, so I can ask my wife if I can go...