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Saturday, December 20, 2014

NASA Builds $349M Tower, Then Promptly Mothballs It

A massive $349 million NASA tower completed in June has been "mothballed" in Gulfport, Mississippi, without ever being used.

The construction of the 30-story tower, designed to test a new rocket engine, had actually continued for several years after the project was officially scrubbed, according to The Washington Post.

The building, called the A-3 test stand, has been empty and locked up for months, but in fact, it already has been rendered useless in 2010 after the expensive rocket program had been canceled.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Typical politics!

Anonymous said...

Photographer Roland Miller is now publishing a 100 page full color book that documents abandoned NASA facilities.At least 16 are documented in his book,so this mentality is nothing new.Most or all are launch sites.