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NASA Has a Device that Advances at 1.6 Km/h with a Rocket on Its Back: Its Plateau Remains Horizontal to the Centimeter Near the Entire Climb to the Ramp
Since 1965, two 2,700-ton haulers have been driving slowly but surely along the same route in Florida, carrying NASA rockets from the assembly building to the launch ramp. Despite their legendary 1.6 km/h slow load, these hydraulic mastodontics maintain a precision of a few centimetres, a technical feat that has survived six decades of continuous use. More
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Since 1965, two 2,700-ton haulers have been driving slowly but surely along the same route in Florida, carrying NASA rockets from the assembly building to the launch ramp. Despite their legendary 1.6 km/h slow load, these hydraulic mastodontics maintain a precision of a few centimetres, a technical feat that has survived six decades of continuous use. More