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bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5d40mg wrote
Reply to comment by highvelocityfish in Local update on Saturn IB removal. More details given by US Space & Rocket Center. by bowties_bullets1418
I'm just stating their numbers. They've stated $7,000,000 for resto and it'd have be done on-site because due to its diameter it cannot now make it under the I65 overpasses. The $5,000,000 figure is what I heard was budgeted for the rest stop rebuild. Which, in THIS state, means $7.5-10,000,000 when it's finally completed. 🙄😒
bowties_bullets1418 t1_j5csorz wrote
Reply to comment by 91361_throwaway in Iconic Saturn 1b rocket at Alabama rest stop off I-65, near Tennessee border, will be removed. by 91361_throwaway
Sorry if that first reply came off crass, it was not intended to be. We need all the attention to it we can get because A. they'll tear it down regardless even if people somehow did raise the $7mill, or B. the tourism dept is going to put up some God-awful statue or meaningless rocketry display to replace it and not hear the citizens opinions or concerns.
bowties_bullets1418 t1_j5cs0uf wrote
Reply to comment by 91361_throwaway in Iconic Saturn 1b rocket at Alabama rest stop off I-65, near Tennessee border, will be removed. by 91361_throwaway
Yeah I did. Three times lol. Want the links? The first had an image attached so it got pulled down "because it's not Sunday" but people still comment on it, second was the same thing just a linked post. The last one was an update linked article to our local news affiliate WHNT Channel 19 here in Huntsville they posted today.
bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5crk7z wrote
Reply to comment by powntown in Local update on Saturn IB removal. More details given by US Space & Rocket Center. by bowties_bullets1418
Isn't FOIA just federal government related inquiries though?
bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5c4ckc wrote
Reply to comment by EmersonEsq in Local update on Saturn IB removal. More details given by US Space & Rocket Center. by bowties_bullets1418
The crappy thing is its shut down to rebuild/renovate the rest stop...for $5,000,000. I'd be interested in seeing an itemized list for that bill. I just picture the kind of HOUSE I could build for $5,000,000.
bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5be0yk wrote
Reply to comment by very_humble in Local update on Saturn IB removal. More details given by US Space & Rocket Center. by bowties_bullets1418
It's not in Huntsville. Or even Madison county.
bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5ba5b3 wrote
Reply to Local update on Saturn IB removal. More details given by US Space & Rocket Center. by bowties_bullets1418
We've also got a post going on our local r/HuntsvilleAlabama if you would put your thoughts in please. Thanks guys!
bowties_bullets1418 t1_j5b9xpo wrote
Reply to Iconic Saturn 1b rocket at Alabama rest stop off I-65, near Tennessee border, will be removed. by 91361_throwaway
Little late, but any attention helps! I posted it a few days ago. Here's an update from our local WHNT I also just posted. We've also got a post going on our r/HuntsvilleAlabama I'll link here.
https://whnt.com/news/athens/space-and-rocket-center-provides-further-details-on-saturn-1-removal/
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bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5d9oyd wrote
Reply to comment by zqwu8391 in Local update on Saturn IB removal. More details given by US Space & Rocket Center. by bowties_bullets1418
Ohhhh ok cool, thank you!