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GEORGE DILLER: This is shuttle launch control at T-3 hours and holding,

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with one hour, one minute remaining in this 2 ½ hour built-in hold.

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It's during this time that the Final Inspection Team is at the launch pad, and

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they have been working their way down the entire fixed service structure

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looking for any potential ice formation or anything of issue on the external tank.

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In the countdown, we're not working any issues at all, and watching weather which we're cautiously

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optimistic that the front will behave in such a way as it approaches that it will still cut

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us enough slack to launch during our 10-minute window today.

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A couple of hours before launch, we'll be doing weather reconnaissance and actually we think our

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biggest area of concern will not be at the launch pad, but most likely our

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return-to-launch-site conditions at the Shuttle Landing Facility,

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where we have a chance for showers and low clouds.

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It looked like the crosswind threat has now diminished to the extent that that's

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probably not going to be a factor, but the chance for broken clouds or an

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overcast with showers within 20 nautical miles of the runway could be the

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biggest issue weather-wise.

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