On Sep 2, 8:17*am, bob haller safety advocate wrote:


The current pads have lived a proud and historic life. Perhaps its
time to retire them as exhibits *and build new pads for whatever
replaces the shuttle?

No

a add on to existing ewxpendable pads would likely cost way less than
rebuilding 39 a and b.

No, it wouldn't be

so how much would a new pad set cost in comparison to the program
cost?


Too much

its likely low, and new pads could be built with a retractable roof so
rockets sitting stacked at the pad arent out in the weather...
something every pad rat would likely appreciate

No, that defeat the purpose of the VAB. The key is to minimize work
at the pad and do most of it in the VAB