BILL HARWOOD:
00:01:56
Yeah, it really does. We're all used to this from the space shuttle program. They used to roll the shuttle out the same way. They anchored this 322-foot rocket, like you say, on top of this mobile launch platform. And then they have a crawler, this Apollo-era-- they call it a crawler transporter-- that goes up under the launch pad. It lifts it up and then brings it back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The whole thing is rather amazing. The crawler alone weighs 6.6 million pounds.
LINDSEY REISER:
00:02:22
Wow.
BILL HARWOOD:
00:02:23
That mobile launch platform that the rocket sits on weighs 11 million pounds, and the rocket weighs nearly 4 million. So when you see this thing moving at 1 mile per hour, it's 23 million pounds of machine that's rolling down this Crawlerway. So it really is kind of mind boggling.
LINDSEY REISER:
00:02:39
Yeah. My tiny brain can't even comprehend that. But as we're looking right now, we can see that it's just inching closer and closer. Bill Harwood, we always appreciate you breaking it down for us. Thank you for joining.
BILL HARWOOD:
00:02:52
Sure thing.
