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Re:NASA Artemis II moon mission live launch broadcast by dylan604 on Thursday April 02, 2026 @12:19AM (#47609939)
I've never been to KSC. I've been to Houston a few times. I couldn't imagine trying to have a Saturn V permanently standing would be an easy feat with both locations susceptible to hurricanes and tornadoes. Walking the length of it is still pretty impressive.

I come from a construction family, so I'd put some of the famous sky scrapers in that category too. Especially thinking about the crazy beam walkers like that famous photo of the guys riding the I-beam up eating their lunch on the way up.

Re:NASA Artemis II moon mission live launch broadcast by dotancohen on Thursday April 02, 2026 @04:05AM (#47611381)
A few years ago Spacex did a homage to that photo, with the crew working on the Starship. One of those amazing Human For Scale photos that emphasize just how huge that rocket is.
Re:NASA Artemis II moon mission live launch broadcast by apitman on Thursday April 02, 2026 @10:56PM (#47622750)
I saw the one in Houston for the first time last week. It was so cool. My favorite spacecraft as a kid, but in real life it was about 4x as big as I expected.