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August 7th 11, 06:52 PM
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August 8th 11, 05:29 AM
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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?
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August 8th 11, 08:29 PM
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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?
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August 8th 11, 10:17 PM
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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.
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August 8th 11, 11:02 PM
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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?
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August 9th 11, 11:12 AM
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Atlas V (AV029) Juno rollout to pad 41 110803 2011-6192.jpg
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.
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