[oasis-members] A question: How could this have been prevented?

Tue Mar 6 20:02:42 EST 2007

. . . and as one who also used to be stationed at Vandyland from
1983-91, the same could also be said about SLC-10 (Thor), SLC-2 (Delta),
SLC-3E/W (Atlas), SLC-4E/W (Titan II/III/IV) and SLC-5 (Scout).

See the following (which Yours Truly had a little responsibility in
upgrading): 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLC-6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Phenomena

If I had more time, I'd build up the other sites . . .eventually ;-)

Regards,
~JS~

James Spellman, Jr., DAFC, YA-02
60th Medical Group/Public Affairs, Room 2A408
David Grant USAF Medical Center
101 Bodin Circle - Bldg. 777
Travis AFB, CA 94535-1809
Comm: (707) 423-3534
DSN: 799-3534
Cell: (707) 688-7024
Fax: (707) 423-7250

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:oasis-members-bounces at oasis-nss.org] On Behalf Of Timothy
Cassidy-Curtis
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 4:45 PM
To: OASIS Discussion Forum
Subject: Re: [oasis-members] A question: How could this have been
prevented?

Actually, somebody has.  Except it's on the other coast.  The Space
Launch
Complex - 6, or SLC-6, located at Vandenberg AFB, was intended for
Shuttle
operations (OK, let's just ignore the Dyna Soar/MOL program just for a
bit).
SLC-6 has been successfully used to launch the Delta IV EELV (Evolved
Expendable Launch Vehicle).  This pad literally rolls the buildings up
to
the launch vehicle, and protects it from the elements (and also from
observation).  When the vehicle is lauhched, two structures that
protected
it are rolled back, allowing the vehicle to lift off.

Now, if only the Eastern Range were that smart!
(Said by a Western Range Engineer)
:)

-  Tim Cassidy-Curtis
Engineer, Western Range
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:56 PM
Subject: [oasis-members] A question: How could this have been prevented?

> Once again, a shuttle launch has been delayed due to storm damage.
> Space Shuttle Damaged by Hail, Launch Delayed
> 
> My question is this:  Since wild weather and the Florida coast are
closely
> connected, isn't there some way that they can do better to protect
launch
> vehicles?
> 
> It takes a heap of time (at least 8 hours) to roll the shuttle stack
out
to
> the pad, and it occurs to me that *all* the vehicles launched from the
Cape and
> elsewhere need to consider this possibility. So why don't they?
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas how future launch vehicles could be more
hardy
> against this kind of damage? Portable kevlar slipcovers sound a tad
expensive,
> but so are launch vehicles... ;-)
> 
> Diane Rhodes
> 
> 
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