SpaceX (SPCX) spokesperson now says "have not made a final call on whether on not we go to orbit"

Live commentary of this kind from a SpaceX spokesperson during a test flight window is the standard pattern for the programme: launch and flight decisions are made in real time against technical criteria, and aborts, holds, and plan changes mid-sequence have been a recurring feature rather than an exception.

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The distinction that matters operationally is between a scrub before liftoff and a shortened or altered flight profile after it, since the former is routine and the latter tends to carry more information about vehicle performance. SpaceX is privately held, so there is no listed equity to reprice directly; the transmission runs through the small peer and supplier set with public exposure to the programme and through sentiment toward the broader commercial space complex. Past episodes of this kind have shown spokesperson language to be deliberately non-committal until a formal call is confirmed, making the official confirmation or subsequent flight data the actual signal rather than interim remarks. The follow-ons are the final go or no-go statement and any post-flight readout on vehicle condition.

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