VP Harris and NASA chief unconcerned by Artemis 1 launch delay

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Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the decades of work it took Artemis 1 to get this far, while NASA's Bill Nelson said the agency will address the issue that led to the scrub Monday (Aug. 29).

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"Speaking on NASA TV Monday, agency administrator Bill Nelson referenced his own launch experience to say that delaying liftoff to the moon was a wise decision. Nelson flew aboard a space shuttle mission, STS-61-C, that scrubbed four times before its successful liftoff on Jan. 12, 1986, he said."

My wife and I plus the kids were there for this launch. Susan's uncle worked at the Cape and got us tickets to the causeway at 3.5 miles from the launch. It was a night launch, just a few minutes before sunrise. Very cold (just two weeks before the Challenger disaster).
It went straight up for about 30 seconds and burst into sunlight. I tracked it with 20x80 binoculars and saw it disappear below the horizon. The loudspeaker said it was 409 miles downrange.