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the Ares one program quickly is making

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its mark on the launch facilities at

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NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

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using a gigantic crane and other smaller

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ones workers built and raised three

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lightning towers around launch pad 39b

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to protect the Ares one rocket from

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errant bolts of electricity because the

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Ares one rocket is much taller than the

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Space Shuttle the Lightning towers had

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to reach 600 feet into the sky they

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dwarf the fixed service structure built

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for the space shuttle and are also

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slightly taller than the Vehicle

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Assembly Building a few miles away the

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towers are similar in design to

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structures that protect other rockets

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and launch pads such as those built for

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the Atlas 5 and Delta for rockets

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lightning towers have been built for

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launch pads throughout NASA's history

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the launch towers for the Saturn five

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and the Space Shuttle are topped with

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single robust lightning rods

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workers still have to string thin wires

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between the tops of the towers at pad be

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to complete the protective Network the