Continuing demolition at pad 40

[ThereIWas2]

<p>Here is the article from SpaceX about the demolition of the old Titan gantry at launch complex 40.</p><p>http://www.spacex.com/media.php?page=64</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A Universe Today article with pictures here:</p><p>http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/29/titan-launch-pad-tower-blown-up-at-cape-canaveral-gallery/</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><span class="postbody"><span style="font-style:italic"><br /></span></span></p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Here is the article from SpaceX about the demolition of the old Titan gantry at launch complex 40.http://www.spacex.com/media.php?page=64A Universe Today article with pictures here:http://www.universetoday.com/2008/04/29/titan-launch-pad-tower-blown-up-at-cape-canaveral-gallery/ <br /> Posted by ThereIWas2</DIV></p><p>Big badda boom!&nbsp; It's gotta be kinda fun to blow stuff up there, since most of the time the work revolves around *preventing* big explosions. &nbsp; <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-tongue-out.gif" border="0" alt="Tongue out" title="Tongue out" /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[docm]

<p><font size="2">Anyone else notice this part?</font></p><p><font size="2">"<strong>We process horizontally in the hangar and roll out and go vertical on a transporter erector," Buzza explained. "<font color="#800000">Our goal is to be able to roll out, erect and launch within an hour</font>.</strong> We won't achieve this on the first few launches as we will take extra time to make sure everything is just right, but as we stabilize the design and work out the bugs we will work towards that goal."</font> </p><p><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-surprised.gif" border="0" alt="Surprised" title="Surprised" /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[ThereIWas2]

Hard to imagine doing that with an F9H, but maybe they are planning a really big transporter-erector.&nbsp; Soyuz transports to the pad horizontally and it is certainly wider than a single F9 at the base. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><span class="postbody"><span style="font-style:italic"><br /></span></span></p> </div>

 

[docm]

<font size="2">Most&nbsp;likely with empty tanks.&nbsp; They've already demonstrated their ability to de-fuel/re-fuel Falcon 1 on the pad then launch within an hour, so.....</font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[DrRocket]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Big badda boom!&nbsp; It's gotta be kinda fun to blow stuff up there, since most of the time the work revolves around *preventing* big explosions. &nbsp; <br />Posted by CalliArcale</DIV></p><p>Sometimes you get to pick up the pieces and figure out what happened to prevent another one.&nbsp; That is interesting work, but pretty intense. <br /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>