Need a Mobile Launch Platform?
NASA Seeks Uses for 3 Mobile Launch Platforms at KSC, Florida Today
“Commercial rocket launcher? Museum exhibit? Artificial reef?
All are potential uses for three historic mobile launch platforms from which NASA’s moon rockets and space shuttles leapt toward space, but which now sit idle.
If those don’t pan out, the two-story, 8.2 million-pound structures could be bound for the scrap heap.
“NASA does not currently have a need for the Mobile Launch Platforms to support current and future mission activities,” said Tracy Young, a Kennedy Space Center spokeswoman. “Because of this factor, we are seeking information and concepts for traditional and non-traditional potential use of the structures as well as potential disposal options.”
NASA Explores New Uses for Historic Launch Structures, NASA