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But also the weather has to cooperate. so how confident do you feel about a launch between that two-hour window beginning at 2:17 eastern and 4:17? >> yeah, my first shuttle flight we scrubbed for a thin cloud deck over the shuttle for the last 50 years we have been launching rockets and scrubbing for florida thunderstorms. so it sounds pretty good. it's not -- there's not a big storm system moving through. but, you know, how confident do you feel that the market is going to go up or down on monday or tuesday? so, i think it will be good but we'll see. >> depends on the minute of the day how c...

Good work really happened today. >> bill nelson has his shuttle flight scrubbed four times. it's routine for any space flight. >> this is a brand-new rocket. it is not going to fly until it is ready. the complexity is daunting. when you bring it all into focus of a countdown. >> this rocket is still the only rocket in the world that is capable of caring people to the moon and it is very close to being ready to launch. there is a similar rocket by space x but is not quite ready yet. that will be fully reusable making it much more affordable to fly in the future. >> thank you for spending part o...

Including vice president kamala harris. >> today was a very important day. and what a lot of folks might be disappointed that the launch did not actually happen. a lot of good work really happen today. >> that's administrator, bill nelson, whose own shuttle flight was scrubbed four times reminded that these kind of delays are routine for any spaceflight. but especially a first test flight. >> this is a brand-new rocket. it is not going to fly until it is ready. the list to say the complexity is daunting when you bring it all in to the focus. of a countdown. kristen fisher, thank you so much, t...

That's something that is alien. in a few minutes i don't think they would have that problem. when the crew got out they were not dizzy at all. were only in weightlessness for 2 minutes? >> after my shuttle flight. i felt heavy and dizzy. i didn't want to walk. i wanted a hand rail or somebody next to me. i don't think those guys were up there long enough. it will be an interesting question to ask them. i don't think they have the affects that tom and i had after the flights. >> harris: after the first flight, i am a journalist. i had a lot of questions that were not asked. that was among them....

I can remember being my first shuttle flight in 1999, sts-103, we held one of our -- or aborted one of our launch not because they thought there was anything wrong with the vehicle, but there was something wrong with the paper work. and like you said, you know, cross the ts and dot the is is important here as well. >> so they're saying this is -- they're just checking out a few things, could be normal, could be -- to your point, maybe it is paperwork. sometimes you get stuck at the gate on a regular plane, and you hear that they're waiting for paperwork. it is interesting as you hear that, the...