Reply to post: Re: 3.7 square metres?

There and back again: NASA's mobile launcher returns to testing after ducking out for Dorian

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Re: 3.7 square metres?

<https://www.nasa.gov/content/mobile-launcher> states that the tower is 40 feet square - being 1600 square feet. That's about 12m square or 144 square metres.

You can see the scale of it in this picture. There are high-vis and hard-hatted people standing next to the cab on the left hand side to give a good idea of its size:

<https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20180531-mobilelauncher_0.jpg>

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