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We now shift gears from the world of spacecraft operations, and travel 5 miles north to enter Launch Complex 39 and the world of launch vehicle operations. During the course of the next three chapters, we will take a tour of the assembly facilities for the Saturn V, examine the Launch Control Center, and prepare to move out to the launch pads.
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Few, if any, workplace conduct rules governed sexual harassment and hostile work environments in the 1960s. This was especially true in the “man’s world” of the launch pad. Liaisons between coworkers or between bosses and subordinates were not uncommon. Couples sought out-of-the-way areas, thinking they could not be seen. Unknown to them, some of the spots were covered by the operational TV system, and their trysts were observed on closed-circuit TV. One woman earned the nickname “Periscope Thelma” [name changed to protect her identity] because her romantic encounters in the LC-34 parking area were observed via the periscopes in the blockhouse.
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Ward, J.H. (2015). The VAB and the Mobile Launcher. In: Rocket Ranch. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17789-2_5
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