Scrubbed!

2 hours before scheduled liftoff, they scrubbed the first voyage of the Boeing Starliner. It's already been delayed by years, what's a few more...months? Weeks? Days? These things happen a lot in the world of rocketry.

The launch window extends thru Tuesday, so they might get it up then, but, who knows? Better safe than sorry, of course. You don't launch until every little thing is set. No doubt the 2 astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, agree.

I was trying to tune into the NASA YouTube channel to watch the launch but somehow got deflected (hijacked?) over to another channel featuring Elon Musk live at Starbase in Texas  "celebrating" the upcoming Boeing Starliner launch, while at the same time hawking cryptocurrencies in front of a crowd of people. It went on and on. 

"Just click that QR Code." 

"This opportunity is only available today." 

He sounded like a huckster up on stage, trying to get people to invest in SpaceX and cryptocurrency together and "doubling your Bitcoin" IIRC. 

"Invest in the future of space travel and the future of finance."

Did I just enter The Twilight Zone?

"Hey, would you like a piece of Mars? How about a really ugly truck?" 

Was that Rod Serling? Elon Musk? Hmmm.....