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bright yellow-orange plastic ducts, 30 centimeters in diameter, drape themselves over the stark aluminum gridwork of a vaccuum manifold support system, while a heavy dark pump lurks just behind. (90K JPEG)

The 8th floor of the launch tower is rather warm, so we had to jury-rig some ducts from the air conditioning vent to the vaccuum pumps to keep them from overheating.

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