> 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."

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