Joe Strout wrote:

To be fair, they said right up front that multiple aborts were likely,
given the extremely numerous (and probably erring on the side of
paranoid) safety checks added since last year. It's not surprising if
it takes a few tries to shake out all the unintended consequences.


Well, whether the satellite went into orbit or not, they did get the
thing into space... and had a successful first-stage burn, which is more
than the Soviet N1 ever did, and I applaud them for that.

Pat