Apollo 11 Launch Tower Rescue Effort

SaveTheLUT writes "Florida Today has this story about the disposal of the last remaining Apollo Launch Tower - the one which launched Apollo 11 to the Moon in July 1969. The campaign to save the tower has also appeared on InsideKSC, CollectSpace, Space.com and there is to be a TV article about it on Central Florida News 13 channel on Monday morning. The Space Restoration Society has created an on-line Petition which has already managed to gather more than 2000 signatures to save this piece of America's history since NASA announced the disposal of the tower early last week."

Comments

Re:It's just one tower.

[andih8u]

"Florida Today has this story about the disposal of the last remaining Apollo Launch Tower

eesh

Re:Sell it.

[lelitsch]

Regardless of the fact that the Berlin Wall came down before eBay even existed, that was exactly what happened to it. It got cut up in small pieces and they were sold all over the place. Actually, they still are. Just go to ebay, search for Berlin Wall and you can buy a lot of bits of concrete. Some even authenticated.

It's a wildlife preserve

[seasleepy]

To elaborate, KSC is also a wildlife preserve...one of the largest in the area, iirc. So keeping things cleaned up is very important.

Actually Saturn V was the largest

[enosys]

Actually the Saturn V was the largest operational rocket ever.

Re:Decontamination

[cavac]

The launch tower came in contact with many hazardous chemicals (including Hydrazine-Fuel from the CM and LEM and huge amounts of Kerosine from the first stage) and has been painted with a heat resiting paint that mainly consists of heavy metals. There are also many moving parts that have been oiled with quite heat resistant grease and moved by hydraulic systems. Don't forget: When they put that thing together, they where in the middle of the space race, so environmental concerns where not even raised....