Another delay for the launch of Atlantis.
From Nasa.gov:
NASA Working 'Competing Objectives' on Atlantis Launch
NASA is keeping an eye on Hurricane Ernesto as engineers continue to analyze data following the lightning strike at the shuttle Atlantis' launch pad on Friday. The next launch attempt is currently set for Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 3:41 p.m. EDT.
The orbiter and external tank teams have cleared their systems of any concerns from the strike, and shuttle engineers are now working together, looking at all elements as combined system, according to Associate Administrator for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier. The combined data should help the solid rocket booster team determine if their system is clear as well, he added.
Meanwhile, with Ernesto tracking towards central Florida, NASA has to start preparing to roll Atlantis back to the Vehicle Assembly Building before high winds hit Cape Canaveral.
"We have really two competing objectives," Gerstenmaier said. "One, we want to get the vehicle ready to go fly. The other objective is we want to get the vehicle ready to roll back to the VAB ... At some point in the sequence you have to give up on either one or the other. That point hasn't occured yet, but it's coming this evening and we're going to have to make a decision."
The Mission Management Team will meet again tonight at 6 p.m. to consider both issues. A briefing will follow live on NASA TV, no earlier than 8 p.m. EDT.