pippin - 30/7/2007 11:29 AMAs I understand Florida these towers should be more or less standing in water. Shouldn't that make grounding faily straightforward?
pippin - 30/7/2007 10:29 AMAs I understand Florida these towers should be more or less standing in water. Shouldn't that make grounding faily straightforward?
Jim - 30/7/2007 1:24 PMThere wasn't a mast for Saturn V's, only for Apollo/Soyuz
pippin - 31/7/2007 8:29 AMQuoteJim - 30/7/2007 1:24 PMThere wasn't a mast for Saturn V's, only for Apollo/SoyuzSo what exactly is that white structure on top of the tower for?http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/misc/apmisc-KSC-66PC-75.jpg
pippin - 31/7/2007 9:10 AMAh.Why was it added only for ASTP? I would understand it after Apollo 12, but that late in the program...
The KSC gallery page currently has a page devoted to Constellation. There are pics of one of the lightning towers now undergoing construction at LC-39B
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=169
NOW you tell me... Haha just kidding. :bleh: