[heartwood]

Not so much green as pork. Boosters were disassembled and shipped by rail to Utah IIRC for maintenance by manufacturer. Then back to Florida.

One piece boosters would have been too big to travel.

[algore]

One piece boosters would have been too big to travel. maybe fly them ?

[Richard from IL]

If NASA had picked a company near the coast, they could have shipped them on the ocean and wouldn’t have needed the O-rings. At least that’s what I’ve read.

[olivia3boys]

Thanks for the correction. I was confusing the foam on the Columbia with the O ring on the Challenger.