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NASA Selling Off Launchpads, Runways At Kennedy Center
Breitbart ^ | 1/7/12 | staff

Posted on 01/07/2013 6:11:50 PM PST by Nachum

From The Orlando Sentinel: That has prompted NASA to advertise a long list of KSC facilities and equipment as available for use, lease or, in some cases, outright purchase by the right business. Among them: Launch Pad 39A, where shuttles were launched; space in the Vehicle Assembly Building, the iconic 526-foot-tall structure first used to assemble Saturn V-Apollo rockets; the Orbiter Processing Facilities, essentially huge garages where the shuttles were maintained; Hangar N and its high-tech test equipment; the launch-control center; and various other buildings and chunks of undeveloped property. A lot of the stuff needs to be transferred by the end of 2013, when federal maintenance money will run out. When it does, machinery will start to rust, and buildings will deteriorate in the harsh coastal-marsh environment of Cape Canaveral.

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KEYWORDS: goodbyeamerica; kennedy; kennedylegacy; launchpads; nasa; obamalegacy; selling; spacerace
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To: freedumb2003
...and the Godaddy.com Observation Building...

Can I buy a season ticket?


41 posted on 01/07/2013 8:18:13 PM PST by Ditto
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To: Jonty30

No, you’re spot on. Pournelle has been saying the same for more than a decade.


42 posted on 01/07/2013 8:24:14 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Nachum

Where is Crazy Eddie when you need him for such a sale?

“These prices are INSANE!!!”


43 posted on 01/07/2013 8:45:03 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: NautiNurse

ping


44 posted on 01/07/2013 10:41:45 PM PST by nutmeg (FUBO!)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
Another icon of ‘patriotic nationalism’ down the tubes. This is a disgrace. 0bama is a disgrace. By 2016, NASA will be only a memory.

If it makes you feel any better we're still wasting billions of dollars housing government employees on the space station.

45 posted on 01/07/2013 10:49:48 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: BenLurkin
"How are we supposed to get our people into orbit?”


46 posted on 01/08/2013 1:21:50 AM PST by clearcarbon
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To: UCANSEE2

crawler...
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Saw it up close on “Dirty Jobs” ,, they use several 5 gallon pails of grease on each of the 4 tractors before each move.. the road is gravel and no it doesn’t sink in..

I had “VIP” seating for the last 2 Saturn launches ,, just about 1500’ from the pad... not only does the ground shake but you get an instant tan.. could never do that today.


47 posted on 01/08/2013 4:14:22 AM PST by Neidermeyer
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To: Neidermeyer
Saw it up close on “Dirty Jobs” ,, they use several 5 gallon pails of grease on each of the 4 tractors before each move.. the road is gravel and no it doesn’t sink in..

NOW. I assure you that everything I said about the 'crawler' initial testing is true.

When I read the article on the 'crawler', the TV show DIRTY JOBS wasn't even yet a thought in the mind of some future TV producer. They did not exist when this occurred, and just because they did not feel it important to include it in the show as information, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

Did you know that when they first built the VAB, It had (INSIDE the building) it's own clouds and rainstorms ? They had to redesign and improve the air exchange/heating/cooling system to prevent the 'storms' ?

I had “VIP” seating for the last 2 Saturn launches

You are a very fortunate person.

48 posted on 01/09/2013 12:43:59 PM PST by UCANSEE2 ( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
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