What I see out my window at work

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

I work probably 1/2 mile from this. It's cool to look out the window and see the tallest structure in Alabama where they tested the space shuttle. Just psyched on it...thought I would share.

"The Dynamic Test Stand is located in the East Test Area. The structure is the highest in Alabama. The tower is 360 feet high with a 64-foot stiffleg overhead derrick making the total height 425 feet. Each side of the square base is 98 feet long. The crane on top has the following capabilities: main hook, 200 tons at 70-foot radius, auxiliary hook, 40 tons at 100-foot radius. The secondary derrick: main hook, 175 tons at 50-foot radius."

Edit: So there's no confusion, this is not my view.

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[jj4475 10+ year member]

how they move the ship

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

sections on truck I think ?

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

Pretty cool picture. Where in AL is that?

 

[CapzNCoilz 10+ year member]

I'd hate to be the engineer that messed up on the crane.

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

how they move the ship

They fly it.

lol jk. I think DB is right.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

That's cool. Thanks for sharing something worthwhile. You're the first 06'er in a long time to do so //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

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[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

pretty coool...where ya work

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

thats pretty cool. but....none (well most) of us will never be as smart as the people working on that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif working=designing that structure/shuttle.....construction workers= mesican.

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

how they move the ship

a BIG friggin flatbead at the wee hours of the night...

thats pretty cool. but....none (well most) of us will never be as smart as the people working on that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif working=designing that structure/shuttle.....construction workers= mesican.

There was a quote from Armageddon that Steve Buscemi said that always made me laugh "Hey harry, You know where sitting on 4 million pounds of fuel, 1 nuclear weapon, a machine that has 270,000 moving parts all built by the lowest bidder...makes ya feel good doesnt it?"

 

[pitbull12888]

theres not really much in alabama anyways... if we stacked up all the rednecks back to stomach it would be a new tallest structure //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif .. but a cool pic none the less

 

[xxxpower 10+ year member]

theres not really much in alabama anyways... if we stacked up all the rednecks back to stomach it would be a new tallest structure //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif .. but a cool pic none the less

lol

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

theres not really much in alabama anyways... if we stacked up all the rednecks back to stomach it would be a new tallest structure //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif .. but a cool pic none the less

it would topple that way....

would have to be stomach to stomach, but switched so its feet on top of head. And the next layer would have to be the same, but back to back, then switch again. The stomachs going stomach to stomach would topple way to easy.

that doesnt really make sense after reading....but figure it out.

 

[dflw_99 10+ year member]

Your Probably Right

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

it would topple that way....would have to be stomach to stomach, but switched so its feet on top of head. And the next layer would have to be the same, but back to back, then switch again. The stomachs going stomach to stomach would topple way to easy.

that doesnt really make sense after reading....but figure it out.

Pretty much a bunch of rednecks going 69 up to the sky...