The Construction of Space Shuttle Launch Complex 39-B

A very personal and technical written and photographic history, by James MacLaren.


Index to Part 1.

   
Pad B Stories - Table of Contents


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1

112, 112'-0" -- 5, 5
125, 125'-0" -- 5, 5
135, 135'-7" -- 5, 5
208, 208'-2" See: "Top Truss"



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8



9

9099 Building -- 3, 14, 41, 41
9099 Interface -- 41, 41, 41, 41, 41, 41



A

Alphanumeric coordinates -- 5
Aft Reaction Control System -- 24, 24
ARCS -- 6, See Also: "Aft Reaction Control System"



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C

Cecil Wilhoit -- 14
Column Line -- 5
Column Line 1 -- 5
Column Line 7 -- 5, 8, 8, 8, 18, 18
Column Line A -- 5, 5, 5
Column Line B -- 5, 5, 5
Contingency Platform -- 6, 6, 32
Coordinate System -- 5
Crossover Catwalk 163' -- 6, 6, 6, 6
Crossover Catwalk 211' - 220' -- 6, 6, 6, 6
Crossover Platform



D

Dick Walls -- 2



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F

Fixed Service Structure: See "FSS"
Forward Reaction Control System -- 29, 29, 29
Forward Reaction System Control Room: See "RCS Room"
FRCS: See "Forward Reaction Control System"
FSS -- 1, 4, 14, 35, 35, 35



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H

Hammerhead Crane -- 3, 35, 35, 35
Hinge Column -- 4, 4, 5, 5, 8



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K

Kickplate, Kick Plate -- 34, 34, 34, 34



L

Line Replaceable Unit: See "LRU"
Liquid Oxygen, Liquified Oxygen -- 41, 41
LOX, Lox -- See: "Liquid Oxygen"
LRU -- 28, 28



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O

OMBUU Catwalk: See "Crossover Catwalk 163"



P

Pivot Column: See "Hinge Column"



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R

RCS Room - 6, 6, 6, 29
RCS: See "Reaction Control System"
Reaction Control System -- 6
Red Milliken -- 4
Richard Walls: See "Dick Walls"
Rotary Bridge: See "RSS"
Rotating Service Structure: See "RSS"
RSS -- 1, 4, 4, 4, 46
RW: See "Dick Walls"



S

Shuttle Service and Access Tower: See "FSS"
SSAT: See "FSS"
Structural Shapes -- 6, 6



T
Toeplate, Toe Plate -- See: "Kickplate"
Tom Kirby -- 4
Top Truss -- 6, 6, 8
Torque Tubes -- 36, 36



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W


Wilhoit -- 3, See Also: "Cecil Wilhoit"



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