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The pad was fine, actually. It's the ground under it that got annihilated.
by FeepingCreature 3y ago
The pad was fine, actually.
It's the ground under it that got annihilated.
- voxadam 3y agoI'm pretty sure the huge chunks of concrete that got tossed hundreds of meters into the Atlantic were once part of the pad.
- 3cats-in-a-coat 3y agoA pad is not like a chair that's distinct from the ground it's placed on, it's a building with concrete foundations, into which it's integrated. Imagine saying "the house is fine, it's just its foundations that got annihilated."
- FeepingCreature 3y agoI mean, if you say the house "got annihilated" (edit: "there was nothing left of the house", rather) and the house is in fact still standing, I'd also call that misleading no matter how big the hole in the basement is.
- 3cats-in-a-coat 3y ago"Still standing"? Eh, debatable: https://i.insider.com/6446aa36120cd7001865df2c?width=700 https://i.insider.com/6446aa36120cd7001865df2c?width=700
- FeepingCreature 3y agoBut above that crop, the actual launch mount is fine, which is my point. That's why they're repairing it by just pouring new concrete. Even the supports are intact. Just all the material around them is gone.