02-08-2017, 04:41 PM
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Contest, Sport, it's all good......
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: West of Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 760
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CRAP!!!
"Tornado destroys first NASA space shuttle external tank to stand on launch pad"
http://www.collectspace.com/news/ne...ernal-tank.html
SIGH.
This was the white structural test ET that has been discussed in this thread. Stacked for vibration testing at MSFC, Open Houses at MSFC, and later stacked at KSC.
It was later returned to Michoud, LA, where it was built.
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The ground vibration test article, separated into its interstage and liquid oxygen and hydrogen tanks, as seen in 2015 at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Dennis Jenkins)
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