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From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Modifications completed to Space Shuttle Launch Pad 39-A (Forwarded)
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Date: 2 Dec 89 03:16:14 GMT
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>                Geographically, Pad A is located about 18,000 feet from the
>           Vehicle Assembly Building. At the center of the pad is a 390 by
>           325 foot hardstand from which the shuttles are launched. From
>           this hardstand the Fixed Service Structure rises 347 feet to the
>           tip of the fiberglass lightning mast. The mast itself is 80 feet
>           tall. Also, there are 12 access platforms on the service
>           structure.

There is a fiberglass lightning mast?  Can I assume that there is a wire
running alongside the fiberglass mast, since the last time I checked,
fiberglass was an insulator, not a conductor.
                         - tom
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