Thanks for the pics. I had no idea how involved a pre launch assembly was. A friend of mine is a tile engineer for the shuttle and told me about what they do. Simply amazing!!

Very cool. Thanks for posting!

Thanks for the post 1+++++

Thanks for sharing. Well done with superb pics. I've heard this process described on the radio, but seeing adds another dimension. What an incredible project. Excellent post.

Thanks for the great pics.
Many years ago had a friend who was involved in the design o the doors for the assembly building.

Kind of interesting though, in 2006 we were coming through Customs at Campabello, truly a one horse operation and not a hot zone for terrorist activity, and one of our group was pulled aside to be searched.
I took a photo of the agent searching his motorcycle.
Immediately I was confronted by a screaming agent who rushed up to my bike, demanded my camera for confiscation whilst berating me about not knowing of 9/11 2001 in a voice loud enough to be heard a mile away.
Apparently I had breached US security protocols and my image would reveal to terrorists the methods used by Customs to search a motorcycle and would therefore allow the destruction of the world as we know it by BMW riding terrorists who would circumvent the search procedure.
Glad your friends weren't going thru Customs as the pics are cool.

One of my biggest wishes is that one day I can afford to send my mother down to watch a "Lift Off" (w/o ANY delays)
I saw one from Daytona Beach back in '91/'92.....most awesome thing you can ever see!! Thanks for posting all these!

Pat

How in the heck can this post from March 28, 2008 have over 13,000 views???????????????????