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Mark / Ohio:
Well dang!  Seems I was out bid for the lighting rod construction project.   :wink:

NASA SELECTS LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM CONTRACTOR

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has selected Ivey's Construction Inc. of
Merritt Island, Fla., to build a new lightning protection system for
Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. The system will support
launches of the Constellation Program's Ares I rockets.

The lightning protection system is designed to reduce the probability
of a direct lightning strike to the Ares I and associated launch
equipment during processing and other activities prior to flight.

Under the contract, the company will provide all labor and materials
to fabricate and construct three 600-foot, self-supporting structural
steel towers and an overhead wire system with associated conductors.

Ivey's Construction Inc. will receive a fixed-price contract for
$27,915,000. The system is expected to be complete by March 2010.

For more on NASA's Constellation Program, including an image and
animation of the lightning protection system, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/constellation


No storms will be allowed over pad 39B between now and March 2010.  They will be chased away by an F18 with a drunk pilot.   :-#

 :P

WeatherBeacon:

--- Quote from: "Mark / Ohio" ---Well dang!  Seems I was out bid for the lighting rod construction project.   :wink:
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Yep. You got greedy and bid $28,000,000!


--- Quote from: "Mark / Ohio" ---Ivey's Construction Inc. will receive a fixed-price contract for $27,915,000.
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And that's just for the bolts!

SLOweather:

--- Quote from: "WeatherBeacon" ---
And that's just for the bolts!
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"Lightning" bolts?

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