Submitted by bowties_bullets1418 t3_10hz1el in space
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bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5ba5b3 wrote
We've also got a post going on our local r/HuntsvilleAlabama if you would put your thoughts in please. Thanks guys!
very_humble t1_j5bcyg5 wrote
It's going to cost at least $7m to temporarily extend the life of a rest stop attraction (assuming it even succeeds). If the city of Huntsville wants to keep it that badly then let them come up with the money.
bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5be0yk wrote
It's not in Huntsville. Or even Madison county.
EmersonEsq t1_j5bz94s wrote
For $7 million, you gotta imagine you could build a scale replica that's designed to be outdoors indefinitely. Then, respectfully take apart this one and maybe mount the nosecone next to it, or some other easily maintained tribute.
Yeah, it'll be a shame if it needs to go but, the fact that it's lasted this long is a miracle.
bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5c4ckc wrote
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.
gadget850 t1_j5c5iwr wrote
I spent six years at Redstone Arsenal and it was always a marker traveling home to Virginia and back. Sad to see it go, but it is one of many of the rockets and missiles on display that have fallen to time and rust. Patrick Air Force base lost their entire rocket garden. Cape Canaveral lost several to hurricanes. White Sands seems to be faring better due to the dryer weather. One of my Pershing missiles is laying on a tarp in Missouri in three pieces.
powntown t1_j5cp6cz wrote
If you really wanted get it you could submit a FOIA request for the bids. If Alabama DOT is owning the project you could also likely find the bids on their website. Most DOTs make bid tabs very easy to find.
bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5crk7z wrote
Isn't FOIA just federal government related inquiries though?
highvelocityfish t1_j5cw4c4 wrote
I suspect probably at least an order of magnitude higher. Building bespoke structures, even ones without any particular function, is extremely expensive. Just assembling leftover pieces to put a full-size replica of Saturn V on display cost something like $80m in today's dollars
bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5d40mg wrote
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. 🙄😒
zqwu8391 t1_j5d9n3a wrote
Alabama has state specific legislation:
bowties_bullets1418 OP t1_j5d9oyd wrote
Ohhhh ok cool, thank you!
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