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Fra Mauro
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posted 12-04-2009 01:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fra Mauro   Click Here to Email Fra Mauro     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
After the Apollo 1 fire does anyone know how long it took to repair the White Room and other areas of Pad 34? I would like to know exactly what was done and if there are any photos.

ivorwilliams
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posted 12-08-2009 02:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ivorwilliams     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I always thought the pad was abandoned after the Apollo 1 fire.

KSCartist
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posted 12-08-2009 05:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for KSCartist   Click Here to Email KSCartist     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The first Return to Flight mission - Apollo 7 was launched from Pad 34 in October, 1968.

Fra Mauro
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posted 12-08-2009 09:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fra Mauro   Click Here to Email Fra Mauro     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I guess we are all stumped on this one.

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posted 12-08-2009 01:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for svg4349   Click Here to Email svg4349     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If I recall from Mark's Apollo 1 DVD set, the primary damage to the white room and surrounding area itself was superficial. Burn marks and melted wires were prevalent. The pad leader's (Babbit's) desk caught fire and flammable materials inside were ignited. But as far as extreme structural damage there seemed to be little on the white room and pad itself. I would assume life support feeds (connected by not turned on at the time of fire) as well as communications wires which directly attached to the spacecraft were likely melted or destoryed. I have seen several videos of the CM being removed from the Saturn stack and service module and there did not appear to be significant damage to the service module or level 7 of the gantry. I think Mark from Spacecraft films could clarify further.

AstroAutos
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posted 12-08-2009 03:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AstroAutos   Click Here to Email AstroAutos     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Maybe Stephen Clemmons will know? (Anything Apollo 1 related he's bound to have some idea on.)

Fra Mauro
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posted 12-09-2009 07:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fra Mauro   Click Here to Email Fra Mauro     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There are very few photos of the pad right after the fire.

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