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[GLS]

The caption in the live stream went from announcing the test at "the top of the hour" to "within an hour".

 

[N_Molson]

It seems the intrepid young PR officer safely retreated for a warm coffee ?

 

[GLS]

It seems the intrepid young PR officer safely retreated for a warm coffee ?

She can say she's also undergoing a qualification, trying to fill all this dead time.

 

[N_Molson]

I must say the weather seems pretty cold and that towering cryogenic test stand spitting icy vapors all around probably doesn't help ?

 

[MarkWatney2015]

I wonder why the livestream is strangely silent

 

[GLS]

I wonder why the livestream is strangely silent

They started an hour earlier, and this thing has now been delayed over one hour... they used up what they had to say. ?‍

 

[GLS]

Still getting things ready before starting the last 10 minutes.

 

[GLS]

Inside the final 10 minutes!!!
T-9 minutes now

 

[GLS]

5 minutes

 

[MarkWatney2015]

It's finally happening!

 

[GLS]

Hold at T-4 minutes...

 

[GLS]

Count has resumed

 

[GLS]

4 minutes

 

[n72.75]

Woah. this is actually happening!

 

[GLS]

2 minutes

 

[GLS]

Ignition and mainstage!

 

[GLS]

MCF on engine 4, major component failure, still going

and cutoff

 

[N_Molson]

Early shutdown, something was wrong...

 

[GLS]

Anyone catch what failed?

For the ones who don't know, MCF is when the (SSME) controller detects that one of the engine components failed, anything from controller power unit to a critical sensor (e.g. MCC pressure).
It continued for sometime after the MCF, so the shutdown wasn't a direct result of the MCF...

 

[N_Molson]

Well they had a good minute of data and the engines are still in one piece