Our tour guide drives the mini-bus to within ¾ mile from the
Saturn V on Pad 39A, where we stop to take pictures. The Saturn V rocket soars
363 feet (110 m) above a huge concrete structure. The rocket is surrounded by a
grey Mobile Service Structure (MSS) gantry and is attached to a red Launch
Umbilical Tower (LUT). “God, is it huge!” is my comment. We drive to another
vantage point where we are only 2,000 feet from the rocket where we see the
wire escape system and the fire escape vehicle. (Astronauts would rush into a
gondola, ride down the wire, and jump into the vehicle in case of an
emergency). We then go to the unoccupied Pad 39B where we see another large
concrete structure with a blackened slit in the center and flame deflectors 30
feet high.
#Apollo11Eyewitness Post# 26
July 14, l969 Events
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