[amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 9 video - moving early?

[Elan Portnoy]

> That's been the case even earlier as well.  Listen to
> any of the countdowns for the Apollo lunar missions. 
> The Saturn V's engines would ignite at about T-9 and take a
> few seconds to produce full thrust before lift-off at T =
> 0.


I remember the announcer saying something to the effect of, "T minus 9, ignition sequence has started."