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Update: 8m35s until the next launch attempt! They’re retracting the holding arm!

Update: The main engine pressure was less than 0.1% below the safety, and the computers tripped the launch! All is still good, so they’re going to try again! Looks kind of windy from the webcast, but I presume it’s fine for their purposes!

Update: The launch has been aborted, just after main engines started! We reached time zero, had some pyrotechnics, then some sort of automatic abort. Best quote from the webcast: “Oh f**k”. Also, “Look at all that water down there”.

SpaceX, a company workin to cut the cost of getting into space by 10, is going to be launching Falcon 1 in less than 10 minutes! Check out that live coverage, or check out the webcam!

Go go go!