The first flight of an unmanned commercial craft to the International Space Station has been delayed. Dragon, a capsule owned by SpaceX, was scheduled to depart at 4:55 a.m. EDT, but the mission was halted moments before liftoff.
https://twitter.com/#!/elakdawalla/status/203770951060561920
https://twitter.com/#!/elonmusk/status/203773618222678016
https://twitter.com/#!/NASA_Johnson/status/203772493683621888
A new mission is being planned for next week.
https://twitter.com/#!/newscientist/status/203772687653421056
https://twitter.com/#!/NASASocial/status/203802960449376257
https://twitter.com/#!/JeffHolton/status/203774985783877632
Shortly before the launch was aborted, SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted:
https://twitter.com/#!/elonmusk/status/203760858332016642
Space nerds schooled other tweeps on the difference between a scrub and a failure:
https://twitter.com/#!/NASASpaceflight/status/203778193331732481
https://twitter.com/#!/twirlandswirl/status/203797570944897024
https://twitter.com/#!/serenetyhanley/status/203785661050912769
More reaction to the scrub:
https://twitter.com/#!/PortiaDaCosta/status/203779234827739136
https://twitter.com/#!/LaurenAlloyce/status/203776449805692928
https://twitter.com/#!/SleeperPService/status/203774757865390080
https://twitter.com/#!/mwilkinson3/status/203774310446403584
https://twitter.com/#!/Discovery_Space/status/203777498511716352
https://twitter.com/#!/susan175/status/203775153778343936
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