Space Shuttle Launch Pad 39A with Challenger STS-6 (1:144)

[Richschindler]

It's mind blowing to see the amount of detail involved. I know I'd never have the ability to do something like this, but I'm enjoying this build. Thanks for sharing!!!

[spacerunner]

Thanks for your nice words,
this kind of detailing attracts me again and again and also looks good, but it costs a lot of time and also nerves.

[Getter 1]

Been a while since I was here.
Glad to see you're still making this.
Looks great :D

G1

[spacerunner]

Thanks Getter for looking in on me.
I can't let go this crazy stuff, but now the tricky SSW is nearly completed, therefore stay tuned, so that you do not miss anything.

[spacerunner]

Hello everybody,

today I will scratch the side Water Bags, for which the parts have been prepared.



The gluing on the PTFE foil was unproblematic again.



The outer bag had to be slightly shorter, so that it fits between the two 12'' outlets.



After the first side bags were ready, I realized that I had cut two sheets too little. But that was quickly done,



and here both bags are ready,



which could then be tried in the shaft.



And as one can see, they fit well between the MLP Support Posts.









The left SRB shaft is fully equipped now and so I can turn to the right shaft tomorrow, in order to glue the Pipe Supports under the ring line.

[pjabraham]

spacerunner,
You are something else. This has to be the most complicated project I've ever seen. The quality and precision of your work are amazing and the attention to detail is outstanding. If you and Milan Paulus ever got together...

Phil

[spacerunner]

Thanks Phil for your nice compliments,
sometimes I wonder if my love for detail is curse or blessing ...

In any case, it costs a lot of time, but still is a lot of fun.
BTW, as I have seen, Milan is building in another dimension, incredible and very impressive, but the little things attracts me more.

[spacerunner]

Hello everybody,

and because it just fits to the SSWS, here out of sequence, a look over to the Pad 39A, on which one now more often can admire the SSWS of SpaceX, which looks something different.

For me, these pictures were new and extremely interesting, which is why I want to show them here briefly.

Here is a picture of a SpaceX Water Deluge Test with a linked huge HiRes shot,


Quelle: flickr.com/NASA Kennedy (Kim Shiflett)
and here in full action at the recent launch of the Falcon 9.


Source: twitter.com/NASASpaceflight (Ben Cooper)

and here a shot from the FSS perspective.


Source: twitter.com/NASASpaceflight (Ben Cooper)
But one will have to become adjusted slowly to these pictures from Pad 39A ...

[elliott]

Thanks for the great pictures Manfred. Since no one else has asked (I think) I must be the only one who doesn't know, so I'll ask. What is the purpose of the SSWS anyway? Is it for sound attenuation or something else? If you've discussed this elsewhere please accept my humble apologies, just refer me to it (the discussion) and I'll read all about it. Thanks!

[spacerunner]

Thanks elliott, your guess is right.
Great, that you are also interested in the technical background.

And as an encore I have this interesting video, in which the brilliant principle of the SSWS is very impressively illustrated and explained.

Noise Reduction Technology in Space Shuttle's Lift off Using WATER MIST

Enjoy it.