Word: strongback
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Dates: during 1984-1984
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...Shuttle Assembly Building was not part of the original design of the Vandenberg launch pad. Early plans called for vehicle assembly to take place in the semienclosed environment of the service tower, with the tower's crane and a second device, called a strongback, attached to the Launch Mount Tower, to perform all the hoisting. The system called for a tolerance limit of as much as ¼ in. in fitting the orbiter to the tank. NASA said no, setting the maximum permissible degree of variation at a minuscule ³¹/iooo...
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