Save the Apollo launch tower

KSC is to begin disposal of the Apollo / Saturn Launch tower, please sign
the online petition to save this important part of history.

http://www.petitiononline.com/LUT/

http://www.savethelut.org/

Adam

KSC is to begin disposal of the Apollo / Saturn Launch tower, please sign
the online petition to save this important part of history.

The best approach is figuring out how the KSC visitors contractor could mmake
it interactive or a attraction to help get more people and money thru the main
gate.

(Hallerb) writes:

KSC is to begin disposal of the Apollo / Saturn Launch tower, please sign
the online petition to save this important part of history.

The best approach is figuring out how the KSC visitors contractor could mmake
it interactive or a attraction to help get more people and money thru the main
gate.

"Spaceport Disney", at best, is a half-assed approach to preserving
our space history.

Jeff
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"Spaceport Disney", at best, is a half-assed approach to preserving
our space history.

Jeff
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Its better than having nothing left other than piles of rust.....

(Hallerb) writes:
"Spaceport Disney", at best, is a half-assed approach to preserving
our space history.

Its better than having nothing left other than piles of rust.....

"Spaceport Disney" will pick and choose what they want to display.
This will be based more on what they think will be popular, not what
is historical. Guess what will happen to the bits they no longer
think are "popular".

When I visited Houston years ago, the visitor's center was awash in
shuttle and station exhibits. It was mostly "vaporware" with very
little real space hardware. Lots of shuttle mockups and models of
space station bits. The really historical space hardware (e.g. Skylab
trainer parts) were practically hidden away in a back room. I can't
imagine it's gotten any better since then.

Jeff
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jeff findley wrote:
(Hallerb) writes:

KSC is to begin disposal of the Apollo / Saturn Launch tower, please sign
the online petition to save this important part of history.

The best approach is figuring out how the KSC visitors contractor could mmake
it interactive or a attraction to help get more people and money thru the main
gate.


"Spaceport Disney", at best, is a half-assed approach to preserving
our space history.

Jeff

I hold Bob Haller in almost complete contempt but I agree with the
concept of preserving this thing. When I visited KSC late last year I
remember thinking that it was a shame that most of the LUT is just
sitting in the industrial area where one needs to buy an added-cost tour
ticket just to see the pieces. "Sweet dreams and flying machines in
pieces on the ground", as James Taylor put it.

Keeping in mind that several of its sections are in actual use at pads
39 A & B, it would be a great thing to someday restore an LUT.

Until that day arrives any effort to preserve what's left should be
considered even if it is Spaceport Disney that actually does it.

During my KSC visit I also remember thinking that the Observation
Gantry, open to the public, was puny and inadequate. I suppose it's
unrealistic to expect an entire LUT to be outfitted with high-speed
elevators and opened to the public since that would require an
observation platform of some type to be constructed on the top of it
which would ruin it.

Nevertheless I think at some point the VAB will outlive its usefulness
or have to be replaced and I can't envision a scenario where the VAB is
*not* preserved for history. The VAB would make an excellent choice as
a home for a preserved crawler/MLP/LUT exhibit. Heh, probably the
*only* choice for any kind of permanent exhibit.

I have my problems with Spaceport Disney but IMO they serve a useful
function at the moment.

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Bruce Palmer wrote:

Nevertheless I think at some point the VAB will outlive its usefulness
or have to be replaced and I can't envision a scenario where the VAB is
*not* preserved for history.

I can... In my scenario the Cape is in actual use, which means land
is at a premium and 'ef the tourists. Or alternatively the Cape is no
longer in use, and the building is scrapped so the funds required to
keep it maintained are spent on more useful things, whether space
related or not.

In fact, I can't think of a single reason why the VAB should be
preserved under any circumstances.

D.
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In fact, I can't think of a single reason why the VAB should be
preserved under any circumstances.

First it would be a great indoor display area and historic to boot.

I suppose you think indenpendence hall should be cleared for office buildings
and the liberty bell melted down for scrap?

(Hallerb) wrote:
I suppose you think indenpendence hall should be cleared for office buildings
and the liberty bell melted down for scrap?

Why shouldn't they be? Why should every damm thing be preserved or
memorialized until they become so much unimportant background blur?

D.
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Derek Lyons wrote:
Bruce Palmer wrote:


Nevertheless I think at some point the VAB will outlive its usefulness
or have to be replaced and I can't envision a scenario where the VAB is
*not* preserved for history.


I can... In my scenario the Cape is in actual use, which means land

.... sounds more like a Hollywood movie than any realistic scenario
(although I agree that would be the "best" use)...

is at a premium and 'ef the tourists. Or alternatively the Cape is no
longer in use, and the building is scrapped so the funds required to
keep it maintained are spent on more useful things, whether space
related or not.

You could say that about 99% of the sites in the National Register of
Historic Places.


In fact, I can't think of a single reason why the VAB should be
preserved under any circumstances.

D.

And the reason for cemeteries and golf courses is what, exactly?

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