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Invitations, moments ago shatner and his three crewmates arrived at the site from a remote stretch in west texas where the launches come from, originally scheduled on tuesday, postponed a day due to dangerous rough winds. the 90-year-old shatner tells anderson cooper ahead of the launch, he's understandably anxious before hurdling into space at three times the speed of sound. that's more than 2200 miles an hour. and he'll go 62 miles above the earth. have a listen. >> my fear is as you go up, that you can't draw a breath. that apparently is not going to happen. that's what they say. i'm quite ...

But hopefully we don't have to wait that long. the front came through last night. we talked about the tornados that were on the ground. that was the front that pushed away the south winds and now there are west winds and they're much lighter. we still have big storms out there on the plains. no storms in west or southern texas. good stuff. >> thanks so much, chad myers. that is motion there. why is the car driving to the launchpad? because that hold we were telling you about has been lifted. and the clockdoountdown clock h started again. we should note who is driving that pickup truck with the...

You're looking at live pictures at launch site one in west texas. this as the crew aboard blue origin's "new shepard" rocket gets ready to launch to the edge of space. we should note the launch has been on hold for 16 minutes, more than 16 minutes now, holding at 45 minutes the launch, we're waiting for updates on why that is. >> as we wait for that information, we're lucky to have with us scott kelly, retired astronaut. great to have you with us this morning. i would love to get your thoughts on what we're seeing and what this means as someone who, you know, as an astronaut, which is -- there...

Her specific involvement when it comes to safety for blue origin. has there been any talk about if or why that figured into her being on this particular flight, this particular launch? >> that's a great question. blue origin did not address it. there was always a very good chance that they were going to put another blue origin employee on this second crew launch. if it was going to be any employee, audrey powers was always going to be at the very top of the list. she has been intimately involved in the "new shepard" rocket, its development, its safety, everything for eight years now. very few ...

Information that we got from the company blue origin is that this 22-minute long hold is due to vehicle readiness. and i mean, that phrase, vehicle readiness, that is -- i think intentionally vague and very broad. it could mean a lot of things. one thing it does not appear to mean is that it is something weather related, which caused two previous delays because of high winds. but this phrase vehicle readiness, and the ability of which, you know, we can interpret that to mean many different things. this is something you with not experience during a nasa launch, we would all have access to the a...