I was browsing through some of the pics that Ben Cooper and Suresh Attapatu have of the KSC in Florida and they took two separate shots that really raised an eyebrow. The shots are the Shuttle and then the Aries I rolling out of the massive processing building. Most of us are use to seeing the shuttle and if you've ever seen the Shuttle up close you know its pretty damn big, and even more so with the booster rockets and fuel tank attached to it...but then you have the new Aries rocket.
After seeing Ben's shot of the Aries rolling out of the processing center and comparing it to the Shuttle rolling out you really get a sense of how big the new Aries rocket is. Its sort of one of those "WOW" shots, at least IMO. To give you an example of how big the processing center is, the Aries I rocket is 38 stories high and Yankee stadium can easily sit on top of the building. Here's the shots..
While this shot is taken a bit farther back notice that not all the doors are open vs. the Aries below.
Added size compassion chart.
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