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Topic: Photo of the week 760 (May 18, 2019)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 05-18-2019 03:10 AM
   
 Half a century ago this week, Apollo 10 was launched from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39B to pave the way for the first lunar landing in July. The bend in the crawlerway is where it would lead to Pad C as originally planned. There were even contingency plans for a Pad D. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-18-2019 03:58 AM
An unusual shot (one that I don't recall having seen before!). Thanks!As for the C and D pads, that's a space program I would like to have seen.
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LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 05-18-2019 07:20 AM
The crawlerway looks pretty rough after the turn. |
APG85
Member Posts: 306
From:
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 05-18-2019 04:59 PM
Is that small section at the turn still there? |
dsenechal
Member Posts: 539
From:
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 05-18-2019 06:06 PM
Easy enough to check on Google Earth...And, yes it is, although it a sorry state of repair. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-19-2019 12:07 PM
Actually, isn't the bend where 39A was to have gone, and when that wasn't built, the pads were relettered? |
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