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To reconcile. yes, there are still about two more hours left in this launch window, but they simply just don't think they're going to have enough time to fix it. so, right now they are still kind of keeping the rocket in its current configuration because they want to trouble shoot this problem and figure out what exactly is going on. we still don't know how severe the problem is. is this something they can fix on the launch pad? do they have to roll it back to the vertical assembly building? that would be a very long delay. or if it's a quick fix, you know, you could see a second launch attemp...

Trouble shooting right now. i'm not ready to give up hope. we got a lot of smart people down there at nasa trying to figure this out and we still got time. that is an issue that needs to be resolved for launch. >> and being able to see a line of frost on the rocket, what does that mean or what could that mean? >> well, they were worried initially that that was some kind of a crack in the structure, in the intertanks area, which would be a very bad thing. you don't want your rocket -- trust me, from someone that's climbed in these things, you don't want cracks in your rockets. that's bad. but t...

Exactly two minutes at this point, this was supposed to lift off to launch and send a capsule around the moon and then back again, and a very long mission. six weeks long back here and land off the coast of san diego. what is it you're most excited to learn or see here, garrett? >> well, i think the most exciting thing is see this big, big rocket, again, the biggest thing we launched, 8.8 million pounds of thrust when it launches. and that is more than 1 million pounds greater than the saturn v. it's a beast. i'm excited to see that. i'm also excited to see orion perform and be put through its...

And not down at the cape to see this with my own eyes. but as far as the problems go, it's not surprising. this is a very complicated, very large rocket, getting everything to work perfectly the very first time to launch it is not something that usually happens on something this complicated. so, if it's not today, it will be some day in the near future. hey, this is a test flight. that's why they do these things, to get it smooth and all the bugs worked out. >> one thing we're hearing and we were listening to engineers and flight directors talk about what the situation is, but it's a bleed in ...

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