Originally Posted by
Tango and Cash
That didn't look like much of a static fire to me, more of a static burp. I seem to remember the space shuttle static firings on the launch pad where significantly longer. Or is my memory getting fuzzy?
They were testing the instalation of a new engine as the previous one was damaged during the last static fire after the pad area below the rocket broke up and FOD was ejected up into the emgine bay.
All seems to be ok and the 15KM 'hop' has been scheduled for 30th November from 1300UTC. Back up dates on the 1st and 2nd December . Should be spectaculer one way or another.