early fuel burn

Hi there. This is my first time in "space." In fact, I have learned more about space - and space travel in the last few months than ever before - as I am writing a fictional children's book about a young space explorer. I began writing it in October - with a launch date planned for late in the...

There were very high winds today on the space coast. The flight flew into these high gusty winds. Did the sensors request the extra fuel to over come the very high winds thereby causing too much fuel burn (more than anticipated/designed) during the early part of the flight when it was most...