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J Three
August 7th 11, 06:52 PM
Chris Richardson
August 8th 11, 05:29 AM
On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:52:14 -0400, J Three wrote:

The four towers that surround the central pad are, I presume,
for the purpose of channeling lightening discharges away from
the central rocket. The white cylinders atop each tower, I
would guess, are insulators.

Can anyone confirm?
J Three
August 8th 11, 08:29 PM
I do not know the answer to that

On 8 Aug 2011 04:29:03 GMT, Chris Richardson
> wrote:

>On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:52:14 -0400, J Three wrote:
>
>The four towers that surround the central pad are, I presume,
>for the purpose of channeling lightening discharges away from
>the central rocket. The white cylinders atop each tower, I
>would guess, are insulators.
>
>Can anyone confirm?
Chris Richardson
August 8th 11, 10:17 PM
On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:29:04 -0400, J Three wrote:

> I do not know the answer to that
>

I found some info on this:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/multimedia/LPS_concept.html

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/lc39b_lightning.html

The towers are indeed for lightning protection, and your images
show very nice detail of their construction.
J3mia03
August 8th 11, 11:02 PM
I have no idea


On 8 Aug 2011 04:29:03 GMT, Chris Richardson
> wrote:

>On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:52:14 -0400, J Three wrote:
>
>The four towers that surround the central pad are, I presume,
>for the purpose of channeling lightening discharges away from
>the central rocket. The white cylinders atop each tower, I
>would guess, are insulators.
>
>Can anyone confirm?
J3mia03
August 9th 11, 11:12 AM
Unfortantely these are not my images. They are NASA's. The closest
the public can get is 6 miles


On 8 Aug 2011 21:17:39 GMT, Chris Richardson
> wrote:

>On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:29:04 -0400, J Three wrote:
>
>> I do not know the answer to that
>>
>
>I found some info on this:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/multimedia/LPS_concept.html
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/lc39b_lightning.html
>
>The towers are indeed for lightning protection, and your images
>show very nice detail of their construction.
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