Atlas V (AV029) Juno rollout to pad 41 110803 2011-6192.jpg

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?

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/co...S_concept.html

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/co...lightning.html

The towers are indeed for lightning protection, and your images
show very nice detail of their construction.

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/co...S_concept.html

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/co...lightning.html

The towers are indeed for lightning protection, and your images
show very nice detail of their construction.