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Go, 30 percent chance that the weather will be good enough for the space shuttle to take off. of course, a lot of questions about why rain or heavy cloud cover could prevent an orbiter that weighs 150,000 pounds from taking of zero. some very sensitive parts, including thermal panels which could be damaged, in the last 24 hours, we ve seen heavy rain, some lightning near the launchpad, so it s really a touch and go situation, just until about nine minutes before launch, then we should have a clear idea of whether the weather is good enough to permit a takeoff or not. right now, there s still some uncertainty. if it doesn t go today, it s likely to go the next sunday, the next opportunity would be sunday, if it s a know good, july 15th. so the astronauts, the crew of four are in, they re getting settled in for the last hour or so, the hatch could close in half an hour but really a waiting game until nine minutes before the scheduled takeoff, just after 11:00 this morning. heather: but s ....

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