The First Step's the Longest

Having made the decision to travel to Florida and try to see one of the remaining space shuttle launches has made me follow the launch preparations that much more closely, more or less out of the concern that since the previous mission was moved by a month, some vital time cushion might be eaten up after I've paid for my plane tickets. When reports that bad weather was keeping space shuttle Atlantis from being rolled out to the launch pad, I did get a little concerned. However, it made the journey at last and although there doesn't seem to be much leeway left, the targeted launch day is still the same. Of course, people actually working on the program would be inconvenienced by a delay as well.