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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Nov 20, 2019, 08:19 PM Nov 2019

Could Kennedy Space Center launch pads be at risk as climate changes? Experts say yes

Created to propel humankind beyond the limits of Earth, Kennedy Space Center is now facing a terrestrial threat — the warming of our home planet, leading to sea level rise, erosion and catastrophic flooding — that could hinder our push to deep space.

To protect the nation’s most historic launch pads and the only place in the United States capable of launching humans to orbit, NASA is building a massive dune along the coast but experts say that isn’t enough, leaving some to consider the unthinkable:

What if Kennedy Space Center had to move to higher ground?

“It’s almost the same type of thing as saying ‘We’re going to move the White House two blocks to the left.’ You wouldn’t, right? Because you’ve invested in the infrastructure. It’s the hand we’ve been dealt since the ‘60s when the pads were first built,” NASA’s Public Affairs Officer Gregory Harland said.

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2019/11/14/kennedy-space-center-spacex-launchpads-risk-flooding-due-climate-change/4021804002/

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Could Kennedy Space Center launch pads be at risk as climate changes? Experts say yes (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 OP
The other issue would hurricane strength increasing higher beachbumbob Nov 2019 #1
"move the White "House two blocks to the left" - why? They've allowed the WH to sink back into erronis Nov 2019 #2
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