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[i]The proposed design leaves the Saturn V in its current location and configuration. With that variable set, part of the challenge as we defined it was to reestablish the public visibility of the vehicle from several key points without simply building a big glass box around it that would be both expensive and impractical for Houston. That said, the hope was that the system of mounds and columns that currently support he S-IVB stage, Lunar Module Adapter, Command and Service Modules and the Launch Escape System could be reconfigured so that a flat floor would exist throughout the facility allowing that portion of the vehicle to be walked under (similar to the experience of the Saturn V on display at the Kennedy Space Center). Our understanding is that Conservation Solutions did some reengineering of the support between the Command and Service Modules​ so it seems to be within the realm of possibility that additional portions of the support structure could be reworked while preserving the structural integrity of the original artifact.​[/i]
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