Space Shuttle Era: Launch Pads

The launch pads for space shuttles don't fly, but they require meticulous care and precision to make a successful mission.

[@whalers59]

Since 39-A is going to remain in its shuttle configuration for a while, they should take one of the shuttle mock-ups (Pathfinder or Explorer) and mate it to the tank and boosters on display at the Visitor's Center and have it at the pad while they still can. That would be the coolest museum piece in the world!

[@StopListenThink]

beautiful -

[@YoungGizzle91]

many companies still use XP, and they still have XP on the ISS

[@Enatbyte]

Amazing!

[@aval1998]

they should keep the towers there as a tourist attraction

[@asten77]

@geomodelrailroader pad B already has been deconstructed. I imagine A will be too, but not sure.

[@boostincoyote]

Pretty sick video. I've been to Pad B when it was modified for Ares l-X and got to go to Pad A white room

[@Dungl]

and I've never seen an Launch live in nature :(

[@SuperMegaCyrus]

Even the launch pad is worth more than anything i own... Damn NASA, how come you get all the cool stuff?

[@4500intelx]

whats the problem if it's XP, u can say it a problem if its OS is Win 95 or 98

[@Bilztwing]

Part 0:41 is where the autobots go! in the transformer dark of the moon!

[@bamaslamma1003]

Actaully hydrogen. Nitrogen is not flammable.

[@MrOregona230]

hydrogen not nitrogen

[@ti994apc]

7:45 "thundering success of space shuttle program" ***LOL***. Luckily these space junkers are being retired like Brett Favre and a pair of Crocs. -Bringing an end to an underwhelming 3 decades of fruitless and tragic exploration of low Earth orbiting patterns. NASA has been dining out on this single 1968 hit wonder longer than that Zanger and Evans. The good news is amateur hour is now over and the private space race has begun.