[XBob]

57 - "I'm only 34 years old, so Nova is before my time, but I've read about it. Weren't they worried about the actual force of launch hurting people and structures MILES away? LOL! it would have been grand to watch, I bet!"

Unless the current 'crawlers' can handle the NOVA, we can't build it, as we have no way to get it to the pad, and we don't have the capability to build new crawlers. Marion power shovel went out of business a few years ago, and the technology/capabilites are gone, the people skilled in that are either dead or retired.

[Frank_Discussion]

We don't need a Nova-class, and I'm not advocating using any. A Saturn-class would do the job.

[RightWhale]

we don't have the capability to build new crawlers

Sounds like a business opportunity depending how the critical NASA decisions go.

[Dead Dog]

I hear can't build it a lot now days. Who exactly was building crawlers before the first one was built? Just because we can't order off the shelf products to build replicas of the 1970s, does not mean can't.

[bonesmccoy]

The crawlers?

You won't build a rocket to return us to the moon because you can't assemble the rocket on the pad or use the VAB and crawler the assembly?

Build a NEW PAD!