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| damn! it's so huge but too slow to move |
Anyway, recently, while browsing internet, I found this very interesting article about, what i would say, most probably the biggest and slowest transport in the world. I heard about it before but I havent seen the picture. It such a amazing thing, I never imagined that human being can build such thing. Just take a look at the pic, it's so massive, you can see a man who's standing next to the machine looks just like ant.
What it's used for? Actually, it's specially built for transporting space shuttle from the assembly building to the launch pad since the shuttle couldn't really fly itself to the launch area.hehe.c",) Below are details about this monster machine:-
Nick-name: Hans and Franz (have no idea how they come out wt these names)
Year built: 1965 (since then it travelled 2526 miles)
Speed: Blistering 2 miles an hour (2mph) with 437 gallons of diesel
Weight: 2700 tonnes
Dimension: 20-26 ft high / 131 ft wide / 114 ft long
Wheel: 4 sets of double tracks, each weighing roughly 60 tonnes
Engine: Diesel with more approximately more than 3000 hp
