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Strike hit one-third of the mile of the launch pad, and technicians have to make a thorough check for damage. we are joined by jay barbary with the latest. what are you seeing weather wise, and what we see percent e percentage-wise of this launch going off at the specified time. well, thomas, the weather is pretty bad today. we have already had that one big thunderstorm about noontime. they expect another row of thunderstorms to bring in before sunset and bringing more lightning toward the pad and the same weather tomorrow. there is a 30% chance that atlantis will leave the launchpad as scheduled at 11:26 a.m. eastern time. the only way we can know if we will do this is to countdown, get there, and see if if the clouds open. then if not, they will postpone at least a day, and if they go ahead to fuel and get low in the countdown, thomas, they will try to probably postpone and go again on sunday. ....

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