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Watched the video on the page demoing the falcon heavy concept. The real pictures don’t have the water tower at the launch site like the concept video. Is the
by breatheoften 9y ago
Watched the video on the page demoing the falcon heavy concept. The real pictures don’t have the water tower at the launch site like the concept video. Is there some reason the water tower was in the demo design but not the real thing ... — maybe the water tower is mobile and only in place during an actual launch? Or is this closer to a case where somebody thought the water tower would look cool so they put it in the demo video ...?
- ygra 9y agoThat's a CGI mockup created when SpaceX' modifications to 39A weren't even complete. The FSS also looks markedly different. However, the water tower is there, as you can see here: https://twitter.com/wsm1/status/953099809803485184 https://twitter.com/wsm1/status/953099809803485184.
- russdill 9y agoYou can more clearly see the location of the water towers here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LC39A_and_LC39B.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LC39A_and_LC39B.jpg
- pilsetnieks 9y agoThe water tower is just further away, that's why you don't see it in the images. It was still there during their most recent launch from LC-39A: https://youtu.be/CNRTNxZSPhE?t=2m20s https://youtu.be/CNRTNxZSPhE?t=2m20s