A video tour of SpaceX's Launch Complex 40

[Dr Mordrid]

Can't be played on mobiles - 10+ minurts. Shows how they integrate F9 & Dragon, put it on the gantry etc. May not play in some countries due to ITAR export restrictions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PaaF_mSo48

Shorter 5 minute version should play anywhere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaGHbXOBcWc

[Marshmallowman]

lox tank at "a dollar over scrap" value from nasa.
Now I know why spacex can do it so cheaply , Nasa is subsidising it a lot, its good thing but it seems there might be a lot of underevaluing of nasa contribution by the public and other interest groups.

nice vid

[Dr Mordrid]

NASA wants both commercial crew and cargo, and that tank was going to be scrapped anyhow.

SpaceX also dropped the whole dime to refurb it, demo the Titan IV infrastructure, modernize the fuel/water plumbing and wiring - creating a state of the art Clean Pad facility where an outdated, useless pad was before. Next they will pay to install another integration barn 90° to the F9 building for Falcon Heavy, meaning that LC-40 will be able to process 2 flights at once.

To show what a bargain this is, it cost NASA >$600 million to convert a shuttle pad to Clean Pad. If SpaceX moves to another pad or fails KSC will inherit all this, making that tank a bargain.