NASA spent *decades* launching the Shuttle, so it’s a little surprising that the launch of the SLS caused this much damage.
Huh.
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2 responses to “SLS vs Launch Tower”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_PX1cVuaVA
Isn’t part of the problem that that the SSMEs / RS-25s are now under the tank section and thus closer to the tower than they were on the Shuttle ? Plus there’s now four of them rather than three ? Also they now point vertically down, rather than at an angle away from the tower.
Wasn’t there some figure running around that SpaceEx had designed, built and flown a Falcon (1?) for less money than NASA spent on this SLS launch tower? I’m not inclined to look that up right now.