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OTOH, the "very special vehicle" already existed from the Apollo program so it was pretty practical to reuse it. There is actually a lot of history from the Ap
by smackfu 16y ago
OTOH, the "very special vehicle" already existed from the Apollo program so it was pretty practical to reuse it.
There is actually a lot of history from the Apollo program on why they chose to use what they did. Trains and barges were considered as well as the crawler they ended up using. Remember that Cape Canaveral is on a marsh, and that they had to make a turn between the VAB and the launch pads.
- smackfu 16y agoHere is the documentation I was thinking of: Choosing a method: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch6-3.html http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch6-3.html http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch6-4.html http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch6-4.html Details on the crawler: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch13-1.html http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch13-1.htm...