So, Orbital Sciences was supposed to be launching an Antares from Wallop yesterday.
Why not?
Because some schmuck was down range in a sailboat. Said schmuck was not responding to hails.
Wallops enforces, with the support of the U.S. Coast Guard and Virginia Marine Police, a no-sail zone downrange of the launch site - for the safety of boaters in case something goes wrong. It's quite likely the wayward boater will be fined.
I personally hope his name doesn't come out, or his social media accounts are likely to receive a deluge of nastygrams...
(And really, who ignores stuff like that?)
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