Replay: SpaceX scrubs Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral

for good morning everyone and Welcome to our live coverage of the latest Mission from Cape canaval space force station and Will Robinson Smith will be providing our commentary for the duration of this coverage we are broadcasting as we always do from the space flight now news Bureau here at at Nas's Kennedy Space Center our space light now editor Stephen young is running the technical operations of the broadcast this morning R in Bernstein preparing to track the rocket as well as do some still photography Michael Kane has the morning off but may be popping in periodically to checking in the live chat so if you see him be sure to say hello in the meantime if you'd like to follow the fellas on social media you can find them at their handles here Adam is at aurn NYC Michael Kane at MD Kane Jr while you're over there be sure to follow space light now simply at space light now also be joined by our friends P Carson's with Max Q Productions and Chuck and Jen Briggs with cnj images assistance with tracking the rocket in the center of your screen you're taking a look at spacex's Workhorse vehicle the Falcon 9 rocket this Mission set to be the 85th Falcon 9 launch so far in 2024 as we kick things off in the month of September 12 of you joining in from our American audience I hope you all had a wonderful restful Labor Day weekend if you were fortunate enough to have Monday off and embrace the holiday here to everyone else around the world hope the weekend was also restful as well good to have you back here midweek as we're looking towards the launch of this Falcon 9 rocket with 21 starlink satellites on board currently SpaceX is targeting a t0 liftoff time of 12:07 p.m. Eastern those joining around the globe that is607 QTC this is the starlink group 8- 11 Mission set to be the 61st dedicated flight for spacex's starlink satellites so far in 2024 as we get things going here I want to thank the about 990 of you who are joining with us live to kick things off if you haven't 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where they refurbish Falcon boosters and prepare them for future flights as is the case with the booster you see here on your screen that is tail number b1077 making its 15th launch today we'll have a little bit more in its backstory as we get closer to t0 SpaceX also has support for this launch and apart from the control room at their headquarters in hawthor California again this lunchtime launch is set to lift off from ad 40 at keep canaval space force station targeting 127 p.m. 12:07 p.m. Eastern that is 1607 TC for folks around the globe if for whatever Reon SpaceX is not able to hit that lift off point at 1207 Eastern they do have backup opportunities lasting until pretty much the top of the next hour 12:59 p.m. Eastern 1659 UTC that is if they have not started fueling once liquid oxygen and rp1 or rocket grade kerosene start flowing onto the falcon then that t0 time is locked in and for whatever reason though SpaceX is unable to launch today for whatever reason they do have a 24-hour backup opportunity the launch window opening up on Thursday September 5th that first t0 beginning at 8:35 a.m. eastern coming into today's launch opportunity the Outlook is pretty favorable for SpaceX the 45th weather Squadron forecasts a 70% chance of favorable weather but in another way a 30% chance of violating weather conditions during this launch opportunity taking a look at the wide shot here you can see some of the clouds have been hanging around Florida's Space Coast throughout the morning as we're cruising on into the noon time hour in about 45 minutes 45th weather Squadron says they are tracking the presence of cumulus and anvil clouds as the potential watch items for today if SpaceX does need to recycle its launch opportunity and pivot to Thursday September 5th from a weather standpoint it is essentially the same 30% chance of violating conditions with the same two watch items those Anvil and cumulus clouds we're currently T minus 50 minutes 8 seconds in counting let's go ahead and talk about the countdown timeline so of the Milestones that we're looking for as SpaceX gets into the fueling process of its Falcon 9 rocket that go for propo I mentioned a moment ago that will nominally come about around tus 38 minutes SpaceX does this P electronically so if they feel like they're in a good position to do so they can take that pole a little bit ahead of time but but about T minus 30 minutes is the standard time when that happens if that go-ahead is given prop load begins with two different events happening at the same time rp1 or rocket great kerosene is loaded on board the Falcon 9's first and second stages at the same time liquid oxygen starts flowing on board the Falcon 9's first stage team minus 30 minutes Cen and helium is loaded on board the pressure vessels for the first stage heal used to pressurize the main pent tanks during flight same process begins on the second stage at about the T minus 26 minute Mark few minutes after that the second stage kerosene tank is full then a T-minus 20 minutes and 50 seconds the strong back chill down process begins that's the thermal conditioning of the field lines prior to Second Stage liquid oxygen loading about 30 seconds or so after that process begins or about tus 20 minutes and 20 seconds we'll see the so-called big vent it's good visual indication that fueling is moving along on time and on track then at tus 16 minutes that's when the second stage lock Zod actually gets underway T minus 7 Minutes the engine chill down sequence begins that involves flowing a small amount of liquid oxygen through the plumbing and turbo pumps it helps protect the engines from the risk of thermal shock and damage during the startup sequence about 6 minutes before lift off the first stage car tank should be full in a t 4 and 1/2 minutes we'll see the strong back retract sequence begin that process starts with the clamp arms underneath the payload fairings opening up and then the transporter erector with a strong back will recline about a degree and a half away from the falcon9 rocket stays in that position until lift off at that point it'll pull back in a much more rapid fashion to clear the way for the vertical climb of the Falcon 9 rocket 3 minutes out the first stage liquid oxygen tank is full same is true for the locks tank on the second stage about a minute later and at that point the falcon9 will be fully loaded with 1 million pounds of propellent in the final 60 seconds control of the countdown is handed over from the ground sequencer the Falcon kns onboard flight computers the propellant tanks will be brought up to flight pressure at that point you'll hear SpaceX call out that the Falcon 9 is in startup that's what that call means 45 seconds out the spaceex launch director will give their go for launch call if everything is still on track the Ed ignition command is issued at T minus 3 seconds and of course fall 9 Merlin 1D engines are healthy at ignite the fly computer will give the command for the hold down clamps to release the Falcon 9 for a t0 liftoff again that's coming up at 12:07 p.m. Eastern 1607 UTC in T minus 46 minutes and 13 seconds now just about 8 minutes away from the call on the start of locks or of uh fueling the Falcon 9 for Cur only T-minus 44 minutes 58 seconds in counting as SpaceX is preparing for the launch of this starlink mission in 44 minutes in 32 seconds meteorologists are also closely tracking the weather anticipation of the launch of this other Falcon 9 here in Florida which has been upright for little while now this is Falcon 9 with the crew Dragon resilience on top which will eventually support the launch of the Polaris Dawn Mission roughly 5day free flying flight of that crew Dragon spacecraft and her four passengers during which they'll perform the first commercial space walk travel further from Earth than humans have since the end of the Apollo program and perform an on orbit demonstration of the starlink satellite internet service using laser links on board the dragon within the trunk say the meteorologist have been watching this closely because ever since the initial groundside systems issue that caused SpaceX to hold off on launching back just over a week ago on Tuesday ever since then they've been push in off this launch because of concern with the weather not at liftoff but at Landing since this mission is a free flyer they need to closely track the return time before they launch and up to now the splash down conditions have not been favorable for a liftoff of the Polaris Dawn Mission and so they will continue to keep an eye on that as they looking to launch this Mission ideally before the pad needs to be turned over from a falcon 9 to a falcon heavy configuration it's support of the upcoming Europa Clipper Mission To The Moon of the same name Europa orbiting Jupiter one of its 94 moons that mission has a launch window which opens up on October 10th which seems like a far distance off however it does take SpaceX a few weeks to convert from a falcon 9 to a falcon heavy configuration did reach out to NASA's launch Services Program or LSP which is based here at the Kennedy Space Center they're responsible for Contracting these Mission launches in the launch Vehicles spacecraft will be heading off on got this statement from Tim Dunn who's the senior launch director who said and I'll quote him here SpaceX continues to improve and reduce the launch complex 39a pad conversion process timelines when changeing configuration between Falcon 9 and Falcon heavy LSP will utilize these improvements for the Europa Clipper Mission the exact number of days required for the configuration change have not been finalized but it will be less than 25 Days end quote just for some context to 25 day turn between or uh leading up to that October 10th date would put this pad needed to flip over no later than September 12th but again as Tim dun said they require some something less than 25 days although how much less uh not entirely clear so we will continue to track the polaron mission and its forthcoming departure and hopefully splash down conditions will be such that this Mission will be able to move forward sometime in the next uh week or so in order to avoid a potential schedule clash with the upcoming eura Clipper Mission which doesn't have too terribly long of a launch window itself and so obviously NASA would want to preserve the entirety of that since this is a big mission for the agency coming up meanwhile back here at Pat 40 where t- minus 39 minutes 48 seconds and counting to lift off just about 2 minutes away from the point generally speaking when space xlate the call the start a prop load we'll go ahead and keep tabs on SpaceX for any comments confirming that propellent load has in fact begun taking a look at the live chat briefly here want to welcome in Greg Jaz Jr joining us the channel membership of the mission specialist level really appreciate that Greg glad to have you aboard and uh thanks to clisa Le again for gifting another five space f now memberships really appreciate that clisa and to our newest uh five channel members welcome aboard we're glad to have you with us of course it's always a busy time it seems like covering the comings and goings of space activities in addition to this launch that we're tracking here for starlink 8-11 Mission coming up in about oh 30 or so minutes NASA will be holding a teleon or excuse me a press conference at the Johnson Space Center regarding the departure of the Starliner spacecraft without crew that's coming up on at the end of this week NASA nominally looking at an undocking on the evening of Friday September 6th with a touchdown at White Sands in New Mexico just after midnight on Saturday September 7th then the speakers coming up on that will be Steve Stitch the manager of NASA's commercial crew program Dana wiel the manager of NASA's International Space Station program and Anthony Berea the flight director or one of the flight directors for the International Space Station presumably who will be on Console during the departure of Starliner currently tus 36 minutes 54 seconds in counting at this point if SpaceX is in a position position where it feels like it's ready to move forward with the launch and we'll have given that go ahead for the start of prop load just set to begin in not less than two minutes for for [Music] Cur only T minus 34 minutes 38 seconds in counting this point SpaceX will have given the go and started proceeding with prop load if it is in fact ready to do so getting a little bit of heat Haze here so it's going to be slightly tricky to see the frost line that we normally do here take a look over from our friend uh Chuck and Chen Briggs the next minute or so start to see a little bit of vapor formed near the base the Falcon 9 rocket is the super cold densified liquid oxygen is loaded on board the tanks on the Falcon 9's first stage again assuming that fueling is officially in work standing by for visual indication of that or word from SpaceX that fueling is currently happening [Music] for for for for for a t Min or a T minus Z liftoff time of 1207 they would needed to be about five or so minutes into fueling now at this point coming up 5 minute Mark given the haze it's quite difficult to tell from a visual standpoint and so far SpaceX hasn't commented on this start of fueling so far SpaceX has not made any official statements on the start of fueling at this point while it is still quite hazy five minutes in evidence of fueling would be a bit more Apparent at this point we do have a word from SpaceX in the last uh 10 seconds or so they do confirm and I'll quote them here all systems are looking good and propellant load has started for today's launch of 21 Starling satellites including 13 with direct cell capabilities however they also note I'll go back to quoting them here quote teams are keeping an eye on weather in the recovery area so while difficult to see visually SpaceX does say that fueling is underway which is committing them to a t0 liftoff time of 12:07 if you take a close look at the live pictures you're seeing here on your screen look down near the base the Falcon 9 where the transporter erector starts to taper in between that point and the lightning Tower immediately to its left before you get to the crew access Tower you can just barely make out a little bit of vapor in that part of the frame again lighting conditions I know making it difficult to discern that but are seeing some now discernable puffs of uh Vapor there again as SpaceX notes though they are quote keeping an eye on the weather in the recovery area and we will of course keep you updated if they decide that that recovery weather is just too much to push forward with today's Mission and they decide to Pivot to that 24-hour backup take a look at the wide camera here at the Press site you can see some of the clouds hanging around the launch site but again it sounds like launch left off weather not the potentially limiting item here we'll continue to keep tabs on that of course want to thank the more than 3,200 of you who are joining with us live as we continue to track the progress of this Falcon 9 rocket if you haven't already we' certainly appreciate it if you could hit that like button for us lot more folks to find their way in and hopefully this launch happening at a time where there's a good number of people at least here on the East Coast who are stepping into a lunch break and take a little time away from work to enjoy a launch of a falcon9 rocket this afternoon e for for for Curr team minus 24 minutes 14 seconds in counting as we are waiting for the 15th launch of this particular booster Tawn number b1077 in the SpaceX Fleet let's go ahead and wind the clock back a little bit talk about its path to getting to this particular Mission first flight was a crew mission that was the crew five flight for NASA heading up to the International Space Station with a liftoff on October 5th 20122 launched the dragon named endurance distin for a couple of reasons this mission was commanded by NASA astronaut Nicole man who became the first indigenous woman to go to space was also the first time a Russian cosmonaut flew to the ISS on board of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft next launch came on January 18th 2023 the launch of the GPS 3 space vehicle 6 satellite the series of GPS satellites were manufactured by loed Martin and nickname for famous explorers SV6 was named Amelia airheart launch number three was a month later on February 18th when it launch the inmar SAT 6f satellite that was followed up on March 29th when it launched 56 star satellites on the starlink 5-10 mission launch number five happened to be on June 5th sending up a cargo Dragon spacecraft this time on spacex's 28th Commercial resupply Services or CRS 28 Mission it sent more than 7,000 lbs of research and supplies up to the orbiting Outpost there were also a pair of roll out solar arrays on board too now helping to provide additional power to as NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore calls it the big city in the sky seventh eth and Ninth launches were all starlink missions those were starlink or excuse me jump it ahead of myself launch number six was on August uh 3rd but it launched the Galaxy 37h Horizon Forest satellite for Intel sat part of the company's constellation to refresh them meeting FCC requirements then moving on ahead the seventh eth and Ninth launches were Starling commissions beginning with starling L 6-13 on September 1st stall link 6-25 on October 30th and 6-33 on December 7th flight number 10 was the launch of north of Grumman sness spacecraft on the ng20 mission part of that company's Commercial resupply Services to contract with NASA bringing science supplies up to the ISS the first time that Falcon 9 launched a sickness spacecraft all of its most recent flights though this booster have been on starlink missions those included starlink 4- excuse me 6- 43 on March 10th 6-51 on April 17th 6- 63 on May 24th and finally most recently six uh 10-4 on July 28th we are currently T-minus 20 minutes 52 seconds away from its 15th launch but before we get to that point we are coming upon the start of the so-called big event here as they thermally condition the field lines ahead of second stage liquid oxygen loading and there you see the big vence kicking off right on track his fening set to last until about 16- 16 minutes and 30 seconds e e e e we're now team minus 17 minutes 27 seconds in counting got a little less than a minute remaining on this so-called big vent before it wraps up taking a look at the live chat want to thank the now more than 5,400 of you who are watching with us live appreciate you being here around lunchtime for folks on the East Coast or wherever you happen to be joining us today if you haven't already we'd certainly appreciate it if you could hit that like button for us to allow the YouTube algorithm to bring this live coverage to a few more people as we continue to step on through the count be very much appreciated also want to thank SG for a $5 Super Chat good to see you this afternoon SG a thumbs up Corgi for encouragement always love to see it and uh welcome to Patty Chio and apologies Patty if I mispronounce your last name there but appreciate you joining us with Channel membership at the pad leader level welcome aboard glad to have you with us we're currently tus 16 minutes in counting at this point SpaceX is beginning to load the the Falcon 9's second stage with liquid oxygen as we are getting ready to see this rocket Ascent the skies above Florida Space Coast let's go ahead and talk about where it's going to be flying let's talk a little trajectory shall we this Mission starlink 8-11 heading up to the eighth shell of the SpaceX starlink Mega constellation means that when it lifts off from this pad space launch complex 40 or slick 40 here at Cape canaval space force station it's going to be flying in a northeasterly trajectory so heading up along the east coast of the United States pretty bright at this time of day so the likelihood that a lot of folks outside of Central Florida may be able to see this is probably pretty slim but keep your eyes Skyward and maybe you'll get lucky as it climbs up pill following stage separation the first St booster b1077 is going to be landing on the SpaceX drone ship just read the instructions hoping to make its 15th Landing after its 15 launch today of course the other SpaceX drone ship on the east coast shortfall of Gravitas still in Port Canaveral after it got an unfortunately hard landing at the SpaceX booster B 1062 ending its 23 Mission record-breaking run so unclear exactly when uh shortfall TI will next be available to head back out to see to support uh future Falcon missions but for now just read the instructions we'll take the charge here this is set to be the let's see the 91st booster landing on this particular drone ship if if successful today SpaceX also looking to recover the payload fairings from this Mission as it saves about $6 million per recovery effort those fairings splashed Down Under the support of parachutes and the recovery vessel Bob is out there in the Atlantic as well getting ready to scoop those up and bring them back into Port this recovery vessel Bob and the other main one Doug named after former NASA astronauts Bob bin and Doug Hurley the duo who flew aboard the demo 2 mission for SpaceX begin its crude flights of the Dragon spacecraft back in May of 2020 this is what it looks like as the fairing halves are brought back on board one of those recovery vessels currently team onus 12 minutes 3 seconds and counting want to thank Channel member Grandpa Jim pondu for being a channel member for two months really appreciate that Grandpa Jim it says go SpaceX it's always wonderful to see some of those super long month milestones but also really 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looking for number 15 in about 10 minutes at the base the first stage are nine Merlin 1T engines which burn rocket grade kerosene and liquid oxygen producing 1.7 million pounds of thrust around the engine compartment are black carbon fiber Landing legs which will be used to land the first stage on the Drone ship shortfall gravitas above the first stage is the inner stage this is a composite structure consisting of an aluminum honeycom core that's surrounded by carbon fiber and the image you see there on the right hand side of your screen are the Deployable Hypersonic grid fins these are titanium winglets that provide stability and steering for the Falcon 9 as it comes back through the atmosphere tail first like a big old Dart towards the Drone ship at the top of the inter stage are three mechanical latches that attach to the falconite second stage the first stage manage and cuto off highpressure helium is used to release those latches formatic pushers ensure a clean separation the second stage engine nozzle is also housed safely inside the interstage adapter until stage separation speaking of that second stage the upper stage of the Falcon 9 is powered by a single modified Merlin engine called a Merlin vacuum engine or an mvac engine it's equipped with a large nozzle which is optimized for burns the vacuum of space hence the name during its ignition the Falcon 99's upper stage burn about 200 and 20,500 lb thrust it'll be fired twice twice on today's FL placing the 21 starlink satellites into their intended orbit same as the first stage the upper stage also Burns locks and rp1 following Starling satellite deployment it will have a third and final burn called a deorbit burn driving the upper stage back to the atmosphere where it will burn up and help eliminate the risk of creating unnecessary space debris on this mission the very top of the rocket are the payload fairings which are encapsulating those 21 Starling satellites fairings are made above a composite structure or composite material I should say which is 13.1 M or 43 ft tall 5.2 M or 17.1 ft in diameter the two halves the payload fairings will be recovered a little further down range as I mentioned using the recovery vessel Bob and they gently splash down under parachutes SpaceX is looking to certify both its boosters and its payload fairings for up to 40 flights a piece and while SpaceX doesn't often remark on how many flights its payload fairings have endured of course the flight leader for the boosters currently stands at 23 successful launches 2 two successful Landings speaking of launches and landings of course a busy day today as P Canaveral is now not only the home of the SpaceX drone ship Landing platforms but also Jacqueline the name for blue Origins what they describe as a seab based Landing platform where new Glenn's first stage booster will be landing following its Missions Number one coming up next month if all continues to move forward on track for blue origin sending off the rocket lab built UC Berkeley science provided Escapade twin satellites on their way to Mars we're now team minus 5 minutes 50 seconds in counting this point in the count basx has already begun the chill down of the nine Merlin engines the process involving flowing a small amount of liquid oxygen through the plumbing and turbo pumps taking a look at the wide camera here see some of the clouds still hanging around do want to note that local weather here for liftoff does remain green meaning that weather is not an impediment to launch however as SpaceX noted in its post uh little while ago around the start of feling they are keeping an eye on the recovery area weather we're now te - 4 minutes 19 seconds in counting at this point the strong or the strong back retract sequence is getting underway that process involving opening up the clamp arms underneath the payload fairings and then the transporter erector the strong back reclining about a degree and a half away from the Falcon 9 rocket just want to make a note for the record as we are continuing our our countdown now less than three and a half minutes that space themselves have not started their own uh launch broadcast providing pad views and Mission audio which is considerably later than their normal start time of about 5 minutes prior to liftoff not to say that we should necessarily read any more into that than what it is but just to note that normally they would be providing video and had audio at this point so far that has not begun their broadcast was set to start at 12:02 p.m. Eastern there's been no statement from SpaceX as to the status of the mission since they made a note that the start of fueling was getting underway if in in fact they are still on track to launch this Falcon 9 in about 2 minutes they're approaching the point of liquid oxygen load wrapping up on the second stage mission is aborted we do have word from The Bard County Emergency Operation Center that they have deactivated their launch operation support team following the scrub today's Mission well we're still awaiting official word from SpaceX on the reason for the scrub and the final minutes of the count based off of their previous statement we can infer that potentially the recovery weather had something to do with it but again we'll wait for official confirmation from SpaceX once again if you are just joining us SpaceX has officially scrubbed the launch attempt of the starlink 8-11 mission that's due to We Believe as they suggested in an earlier post on X recovery weather so SpaceX will pivot to their 24-hour backup opportunity whether proving tricky for SpaceX on a couple of fronts obviously still keeping the polar Dawn mission on the pad that due as well to recovery weather 5 days after that mission launches whenever it's able to launch whe they're also now putting the uh the breaks on this starlink 8-11 Mission not halting everything Happening Here on the Space Coast though want to take a look over at our friend Chuck and Jen Briggs camera view here taking a live look right now at at launch complex 36 over at keep canaval space force station and you're looking right now at the second stage of blue origins new Glenn rocket come back to that in just a second but we do have Now official word from SpaceX confirming that in a quote due to unfavorable boost recovery weather conditions in the Atlantic team is resetting Falcon 99's launch of starlink for tomorrow September 5th so again SpaceX now confirming that the 24hour opportunity for this Starling commission is what they are proceeding with that window opens up tomorrow morning at 8:35 a.m. eastern 12:35 UTC our live coverage on this second bite at the Apple for this Mission will begin an hour before liftoff coming back here to Blue origin in its second stage you can see here in the big box blue origin notes that it's going to be doing a hot fire test of the two be3 U engines on the second stage yesterday it noted that the hot fire test was coming up quote in a few days so look for activity to continue ramping up here at the pad as blue origin is looking to prepare its rocket for its inaugural launch this year it's a big year for debut Rockets as of course we saw the first launch of United launch alliance's Vulcan rocket back in January now BL origin getting ready to lift off its new Glen rocket for the very first time hopefully in October for as we are beginning to wind down our coverage here do want to thank a few more folks for your support this afternoon want to thank new channel member Patty chail for a $2 Super Chat saying uh thank you space flight now thank you to the mods as always appreciate chisty Lee for her help with our live launch coverage also want to thank uh Ralph kilcup marking two months as a channel member with the channel saying love it when a launch comes together pray for a Flawless launch and a safe landing and yes now we know that that potential launch and Landing now coming no earlier than tomorrow morning Thursday September 5th in the meantime we're now just about 10 or so minutes into a news conference from NASA discussing the departure plans for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft which is set to head off from the International Space Station on Friday afternoon uh late afternoon I should say with a touchdown at the White Sands facility in New Mexico just after midnight on Saturday speakers of the briefing are NASA's commercial crew program manager Steve Stitch Dana wiel the International Space Station program manager for NASA and Anthony Berea uh one of the flight directors for the International Space Station as we close out our broadcast here oh first off I want to thank psychonaut 69 for gifting a space flight now membership appreciate that psychon not and uh welcome aboard to our newest Channel member glad to have you with us we will shortly be turning over our coverage over to our 24-hour live Channel space flight uh Launchpad live I should say there you can watch the cre flight test predeparture news conference which is for for well we are going to go ahead and sign off for now again appreciate all of you for being here for this launch attempt of the starlink 8-11 mission fortunately recovery weather happened to Scuttle things today we'll be back with live launch coverage tomorrow morning when SpaceX is ready to try again big thank you to Kalisa Lee for helping to moderate the live chat to our friends Chuck and Jen Briggs with C&J images and Pete Carson's with Max Q productions for help to uh be ready to track the rocket to our photographer Adam Bernstein also being on standby maning the cameras here at the Press site Steph young running the technical operations of the broadcast and most of all thanks to you for joining us this afternoon for this launch attempt and again we will be back with the next go round tomorrow morning all us here at space flight now I'm Robinson Smith remember be good to yourselves be good to others and we will see you next time folks and until then bye-bye now we're there doing the normal