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NASA Launch Complex Gets Demolished, Bounces Back

We have seen many spectacular demolitions, but the destruction of the Mobile Service Structure at NASA/USAF's Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, is perhaps the most striking of them all: instead of imploding down, the whole ultra-strong metal structure falls to it side and actually seems to bounce on the ground—shattering cameras a mile away—looking almost intact after the dust clears up. The sound, even from the distance, is deafening. More »

10:00 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Jesus Diaz
41,502 views, 85 comments

Latest by jnasser: I just showed the video to a friend whose comment was, "I wonder if that's a video from the demolition my company just did..." After a quick google search, we found that it in fact was. The search also yielded information more »