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all4tribal · 07-31-2005, 01:16 AM

The Shuttle Crawler Transporter

Explanation: NASA's Crawler-Transporters are the largest tracked vehicles in existence. Although the crawlers pack over 5,000 horsepower, their top speed is less than two kilometers per hour when fully loaded. Eleven people are needed to drive a single crawler. Diesel fuel mileage is about 350 liters per kilometer (less than 0.007 miles per gallon). The crawler's function is to move NASA's space shuttles -- complete with launch platforms -- from the Assembly Building to the Launch Pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. Two of these massive machines have operated since the Apollo era and have now crawled over 4,000 kilometers, all the while keeping their contents perfectly upright. In this picture a crawler transports the shuttle Columbia to the pad prior to its March 1st launch on the latest Hubble Space Telelescope Servicing Mission.

Weight: 2,721 metric tons (6 million pounds)
Length: 40 meters (131 ft) wide, 35 meters (114ft) long

takes about 5 hours to get from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Launch Pad.

Click here for article and higher picture resolution
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020304.html

Slide On The Ice · 07-31-2005, 07:49 PM

That is amazing. Monterous is what it is. Wow.

Bling · 07-31-2005, 08:20 PM

kinda of a real life version of the sandcrawlers the jawwas used.... kinda........... lol

07-31-2005, 01:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
all4tribal CoolJunkie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,317	NASA Shuttle Crawler - Massive Vehicle Registered members do not see ads. Register or logon for a better view. The Shuttle Crawler Transporter Explanation: NASA's Crawler-Transporters are the largest tracked vehicles in existence. Although the crawlers pack over 5,000 horsepower, their top speed is less than two kilometers per hour when fully loaded. Eleven people are needed to drive a single crawler. Diesel fuel mileage is about 350 liters per kilometer (less than 0.007 miles per gallon). The crawler's function is to move NASA's space shuttles -- complete with launch platforms -- from the Assembly Building to the Launch Pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. Two of these massive machines have operated since the Apollo era and have now crawled over 4,000 kilometers, all the while keeping their contents perfectly upright. In this picture a crawler transports the shuttle Columbia to the pad prior to its March 1st launch on the latest Hubble Space Telelescope Servicing Mission. Weight: 2,721 metric tons (6 million pounds) Length: 40 meters (131 ft) wide, 35 meters (114ft) long takes about 5 hours to get from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Launch Pad. Click here for article and higher picture resolution http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020304.html __________________ Sex is like good tribal, You can never get enough of it!

07-31-2005, 07:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
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07-31-2005, 08:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bling MegaJunkie Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 20,391	Re:NASA Shuttle Crawler - Massive Vehicle kinda of a real life version of the sandcrawlers the jawwas used.... kinda........... lol __________________ the system is down....the system is down

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