From Where I Sit

So we didn't launch, and it's been postponed until at least Sunday while they fix what's essentially a leaky pipe down in Florida. The sim tomorrow indeed got cancelled anyway, since the control center has to protect for a Sunday launch, so now I find myself with an empty Thursday and Friday. If I can work up the motivation to get a few of my less-desirable tasks done, it'll be a good few days. Still, it's disappointing to be looking at this:

When I was supposed to be looking at this:

But such is life in the space program. This flight has been pushed back day by day for a month now, which makes it hard to really plan anything significant because "I might be at work." There's a Soyuz launch later this month so we know that the shuttle launch opportunity window will have a cutout in it. (We never have a shuttle crew and Soyuz crew at the space station at the same time, though I couldn't tell you why. Probably just crew size and workload?) If we can't launch by Sunday or Monday, we'll probably be in for another few weeks of slip.

In other news, I am climbing back on the horse as far as running and triathlon goes. It's been too long since I was exercising with any regularity. So I've done well -- four of the past five days. I ran and rode and ran and rode. Tonight I planned to go running but it looks like the weather might be pretty nasty, so it may turn into an indoor ride on the trainer instead.