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Our 1st & only view of the rebuilt LC40 from above. There's no evidence of the explosion, 16 months ago, nor a crater or burn marks. The mane intrigue is how many buildings are packed close to the launch mount, close enough to feel the exhaust heat & the force of the sound pressure waves. Vandypants isn't built up as much, near the launch mount.
Conventional wisdom is to be able to service the rocket as much as possible when it's on the launch mount, but instead of the traditional arrangement of a hangar far away & a mobile service structure, they've moved all the infrastructure as close as possible, weighing knowledge gained about the blast radius over time.
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