collectSPACE: Messages - Reply to Topic

Space News
space history and artifacts articles

Messages
space history discussion forums

Sightings
worldwide astronaut appearances

Resources
selected space history documents

Websites
related space history websites

Forum:	Space Shuttles - Space Station
Topic:	The deconstruction of launch pad 39B

Want to register?

Who Can Post?	Any registered users may post a reply.
About Registration	You must be registered in order to post a topic or reply in this forum.
Your UserName:
Your Password:	Forget your password?
Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]On June 3, the oxygen vent hood, called the "beanie cap," and gaseous oxygen vent arm was removed from Launch Pad 39B's fixed service structure and lowered the 227 feet to the ground. <center><a href="http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=41550" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/39b_beaniecap01.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="268" BORDER="0"></a></center> <BLOCKQUOTE>The gaseous oxygen vent arm would swing into position over the space shuttle's external tank and then lower a hood, called the "beanie cap", over the top of the tank. Heated gaseous nitrogen flowed into the hood to warm the liquid oxygen vent system at the top of the external tank. This heating action would prevent vapors at the vent opening from condensing into ice that could dislodge and damage the orbiter during launch. The vent system arm is 80 feet (24.4 meters) long, 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide, and 8 feet (2.4 meters) high. The vent hood is 13 feet (4 meters) in diameter. The arm attached to the fixed service structure between the 207-foot (63-meter) and 227-foot (69-meter) levels.</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=41551" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/39b_beaniecap02.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="268" BORDER="0"></a> <a href="http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=41557" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/39b_beaniecap03.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="268" BORDER="0"></a> <a href="http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=41555" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/39b_beaniecap04.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="268" BORDER="0"></a> <a href="http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=41638" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/39b_beaniecap05.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="268" BORDER="0"></a> <font size="-2">Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann</font></center>[/B][/QUOTE]
Options	Disable Smilies in This Post. Show Signature: include your profile signature. Only registered users may have signatures.
*If HTML and/or UBB Code are enabled, this means you can use HTML and/or UBB Code in your message.

If you have previously registered, but forgotten your password, click here.

<A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/000776.html" target=_blank> *** Click here to review this topic. ***</A>

Contact Us | The Source for Space History & Artifacts

Ultimate Bulletin Board Version 5.47a