Space Shuttle Era: Launch Pads

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Published 2011-11-15

The launch pads for space shuttles don't fly, but they require meticulous care and precision to make a successful mission.

All Comments (15)

@whalers59 12 years ago

Since 39-A is going to remain in its shuttle configuration for a while, they should take one of the shuttle mock-ups (Pathfinder or Explorer) and mate it to the tank and boosters on display at the Visitor's Center and have it at the pad while they still can. That would be the coolest museum piece in the world!
@StopListenThink 12 years ago

beautiful -
@Enatbyte 12 years ago

Amazing!
@YoungGizzle91 11 years ago

many companies still use XP, and they still have XP on the ISS
@aval1998 11 years ago

they should keep the towers there as a tourist attraction
@asten77 12 years ago

@geomodelrailroader pad B already has been deconstructed. I imagine A will be too, but not sure.
@Dungl 12 years ago

and I've never seen an Launch live in nature :(
@boostincoyote 12 years ago

Pretty sick video. I've been to Pad B when it was modified for Ares l-X and got to go to Pad A white room
@SuperMegaCyrus 12 years ago

Even the launch pad is worth more than anything i own... Damn NASA, how come you get all the cool stuff?
@4500intelx 12 years ago

whats the problem if it's XP, u can say it a problem if its OS is Win 95 or 98
@bamaslamma1003 12 years ago

Actaully hydrogen. Nitrogen is not flammable.
@Bilztwing 11 years ago

Part 0:41 is where the autobots go! in the transformer dark of the moon!
@MrOregona230 12 years ago

hydrogen not nitrogen
@ti994apc 12 years ago

7:45 "thundering success of space shuttle program" ***LOL***. Luckily these space junkers are being retired like Brett Favre and a pair of Crocs. -Bringing an end to an underwhelming 3 decades of fruitless and tragic exploration of low Earth orbiting patterns. NASA has been dining out on this single 1968 hit wonder longer than that Zanger and Evans. The good news is amateur hour is now over and the private space race has begun.