Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Tower Used By NASA Is Scrapped. Destruction of the tower used to launch the two most important Apollo missions to the Moon has begun. By Stefano S. Coledan. [New York Times: Science] It doesn't look like there's much hope for salvaging any of this bit of history: Since the tower's segments are considered toxic waste, federal regulations prohibit their sale, Mr. Summerfield said. Mr. Tierney says he is still determined to obtain some of the parts. "Perhaps one of the service arms, or maybe two, if they can give them to me at a reasonable price," he said. Short of that, the tower, which survived the red glare of the rockets, will melt in a white-hot blast furnace. 10:14:43 PM     leave/read comments []