The most obvious choice, the railway, was considered.
They even discussed digging a canal and using a barge to transport the heavy rocket.
The work platform was stabilized by hydraulic cylinders at the four corners, and it barely moved.
A power shovel used in strip mining.
They urged NASA to use competitive bidding and award the contract to whichever company quoted the lowest price.
His name was Philip Koehring.
Mobile Launcher Platform 3 is seen being carried away by a crawler-transporter.
The engineers call them Golden Slippers.
With the Space Shuttle aboard, the Crawler creeps at a maximum speed of about 1 mile per hour.
Power is provided by 16 electric motors that are themselves powered by four V16 diesel engines.
The crawlerway could support loads in excess of 58,000 kilograms per square meter.
Space Shuttle Challenger is carried by a Crawler-transporter on the way to its launch pad.
Photo: NASA
The crawler-transporters are unique machines.
