I read down through the messages at the posted link, and the last few pages are from Saturday/Sunday. The rocket did not launch due to a cascade of small, but important, items failing. The launch pad batteries failed to maintain sufficient power to a LOX valve heater (a blow dryer!) during the last few minutes of the attempt. This caused the LOX valve to freeze up and not open at the moment of ignition. The pyro valves did fire, however, and this put the rocket into a "scrubbed" condition.

A new launch date has not been set.

This is a project I think we should all keep our eyes on. Maybe a successful flight will put a boot up someone's wazoo over here and get a similar project started.

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