OUCH!How about:Option 2- Close/Demolish Facilities and Structures at Various Locations to include the Orbiter Mate/Demate, Ammonia Boiler Refurbishment, and Storage FacilitiesLosing the orbiter mate/demate facility (if correct) will be a hard one to swallow
Quote from: robertross on 08/15/2013 06:14 pmOUCH!How about:Option 2- Close/Demolish Facilities and Structures at Various Locations to include the Orbiter Mate/Demate, Ammonia Boiler Refurbishment, and Storage FacilitiesLosing the orbiter mate/demate facility (if correct) will be a hard one to swallowWhy? It's just rusting steel.
Hmm, curious about AF. I thought it was still being used. By ATK or someone else I believe....
Losing the orbiter mate/demate facility (if correct) will be a hard one to swallow
Quote from: padrat on 08/15/2013 10:15 pmHmm, curious about AF. I thought it was still being used. By ATK or someone else I believe....I drive by it quite a bit. The lights ain't on and nobody's home...
Quote from: Kim Keller on 08/16/2013 02:31 pmQuote from: padrat on 08/15/2013 10:15 pmHmm, curious about AF. I thought it was still being used. By ATK or someone else I believe....I drive by it quite a bit. The lights ain't on and nobody's home... Wish someone would run a "replacement cost" program before all these buildings are gone.
For those of us unfamiliar with the location of these structures, can someone tell us where they are located?
Quote from: Kim Keller on 08/16/2013 02:31 pmQuote from: padrat on 08/15/2013 10:15 pmHmm, curious about AF. I thought it was still being used. By ATK or someone else I believe....I drive by it quite a bit. The lights ain't on and nobody's home...We've tossed the idea around once or twice about storing a first stage there when there is already one at the pad since AO won't work anymore. One of the cons we were told was that we'd have to share the hanger, with ATK I thought. But it's completely possible we had heard wrong...
Use it or lose it! - Ed Kyle
We've tossed the idea around once or twice about storing a first stage there when there is already one at the pad since AO won't work anymore. One of the cons we were told was that we'd have to share the hanger, with ATK I thought. But it's completely possible we had heard wrong...
Quote from: padrat on 08/16/2013 11:21 pmWe've tossed the idea around once or twice about storing a first stage there when there is already one at the pad since AO won't work anymore. One of the cons we were told was that we'd have to share the hanger, with ATK I thought. But it's completely possible we had heard wrong...What's wrong with AO?