Report Literature on Launch Pads ...

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1. Launch Pad Escape System Design (Human Spaceflight) Online Source: Click to View PDF File [PDF Size: 2.5 MB] Report/Patent Number: KSC-2011-096

2. Adhesion Testing of Firebricks from Launch Pad 39A Flame Trench after STS-124 Online Source: Click to View PDF File [PDF Size: 14.8 MB] Report/Patent Number: NASA/TM-2009-214759

3. Lightning Strike Sensing System for the Space Shuttle Launch Pad Online Source: Click to View PDF File [PDF Size: 84 KB] Report/Patent Number: AD-A525052

4. Rocket Noise and Vibration Shuttle/Payload Processing and ISS: Launch Pad Vibroacoustics Research at NASA/KSC Online Source: Click to View PDF File [PDF Size: 3.7 MB] Report/Patent Number: KSC-2002-131

5. Lightning Threat Analysis for the Space Shuttle Launch Pad and the Payload Changeout Room Using Finite Difference Methods Online Source: Click to View PDF File [PDF Size: 2.4 MB] Report/Patent Number: NASA-CR-205186, NAS 1.26:205186, EMA-97-010

6. Launch Pad Lightning Protection Enhancement by Induced Streamers Online Source: Click to View PDF File [PDF Size: 5.6 MB] Accession Number: 93N24876

7. Effect of 25 cycles of launch pad exposure and simulated mission heating on space shuttle reusable surface insulation coated with reaction cured glass Online Source: Click to View PDF File [PDF Size: 5.4 MB] Report/Patent Number: NASA-TM-80160 Updated/Added to NTRS: Mar 16, 2009

8. Launch pad to the moon: Construction bidding cost of Launch Complex 39, part 1 Online Source: Click to View PDF File [PDF Size: 286 KB] Report/Patent Number: NASA-TM-109269, NAS 1.15:109269

9. KSC VAB Aeroacoustic Hazard Assessment Online Source: Click to View PDF File [PDF Size: 9.4 MB] Publication Year: 2010 Report/Patent Number: KSC-2010-112

10. Rocket Noise and Vibration Shuttle/Payload Processing and ISS: Launch Pad Vibroacoustics Research at NASA/KSC Online Source: Click to View PDF File [PDF Size: 3.7 MB] Report/Patent Number: KSC-2002-131