Pat Flannery wrote in
dakotatelephone:

On 3/9/2010 11:05 AM, Rick Jones wrote:


And my browser keeps locking-up !-( If it does ignite I'll have to
watch the reply on youtube I guess.

The engines shut down just as they were igniting; no further test today.

And here's the report, with photos. First close-up pictures of the
base of the Falcon 9 on the pad with hold-down arms/umbilicals that
I've seen. (The metal framework that enclosed the engines isn't in
evidence; I thought it was part of an interface that plugged into the
pad.) I like the fairing that wraps around the base and engines; has
a resemblence to the Saturn V minus the fins.

http://www.spaceflightnow/falcon9/001/100309hotfire/

--Damon