The image above shows NASA's historic Kennedy Space Centre precariously placed by the Atlantic Ocean and under threat from rising sea levels.
Since the 1940s the coastline has moved inland by up to 60 metres as sea levels have risen.
NASA predicts that if the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets continue melting at their current rate, sea levels off the coast of the Kennedy Space Centre will rise up to 60 centimetres by the 2050s and 124 centimetres by the 2080s.
In 2012 NASA began building sand dunes to try and stem the worsening problem. However, they are now considering moving any future expansion further inland.
The Kennedy Space Centre is built on coastal marshland between 1.5 and 3 metres above sea level on Merritt Island on the Florida Atlantic coast.
The Space Centre covers an area of over 170 square kilometres contains about 20 per cent of NASA's facilities.
The space shuttle landing strip is at the top-centre of the above image.
Below the landing strip, and just to the right is the massive white vehicle assembly building and orbitor processing facility. Coming out of it to the right is a 40 metre wide "crawlerway" transporter road leading to the two famous launching pads 39A and B - seen as round blobs at the end of roads, just 400 metres from the Atlantic seashore.
Launch complex 39A, which is at the end of the crawlerway, has been leased to SpaceX for Falcon-9 and Falcon Heavy flights which will include crew transfer missions to the International Space Station.
Launch pad 39-B is above 39A, and is now being modified to take NASA's new SLS heavy lift rocket which is as big as the Saturn V and will eventually carry people to Mars.
Located on the coast, just beneath 39A, is Space Launch Complex 41 which is now used to fly Atlas V rockets.
Just below this complex are Space Launch Complex 40 used by Space X for Falcon 9 missions, and 37 which launches Delta IV rockets.
Lining the coast southwards is Cape Canaveral's famous missile alley which contains over two dozen launch pads built on coastal marshland just a few metres above sea level.
The image above shows NASA's historic Kennedy Space Centre precariously placed by the Atlantic Ocean and under threat from rising sea levels.Since the 1940s the coastline has moved inland by up to 60 metres as sea levels have risen.NASA predicts that if the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets continue melting at their current rate, sea levels off the coast of the Kennedy Space Centre will rise up to 60 centimetres by the 2050s and 124 centimetres by the 2080s.In 2012 NASA began building sand dunes to try and stem the worsening problem. However, they are now considering moving any future expansion further inland.The Kennedy Space Centre is built on coastal marshland between 1.5 and 3 metres above sea level on Merritt Island on the Florida Atlantic coast.The Space Centre covers an area of over 170 square kilometres contains about 20 per cent of NASA's facilities.The space shuttle landing strip is at the top-centre of the above image.Below the landing strip, and just to the right is the massive white vehicle assembly building and orbitor processing facility. Coming out of it to the right is a 40 metre wide "crawlerway" transporter road leading to the two famous launching pads 39A and B - seen as round blobs at the end of roads, just 400 metres from the Atlantic seashore.Launch complex 39A, which is at the end of the crawlerway, has been leased to SpaceX for Falcon-9 and Falcon Heavy flights which will include crew transfer missions to the International Space Station.Launch pad 39-B is above 39A, and is now being modified to take NASA's new SLS heavy lift rocket which is as big as the Saturn V and will eventually carry people to Mars.Located on the coast, just beneath 39A, is Space Launch Complex 41 which is now used to fly Atlas V rockets.Just below this complex are Space Launch Complex 40 used by Space X for Falcon 9 missions, and 37 which launches Delta IV rockets.Lining the coast southwards is Cape Canaveral's famous missile alley which contains over two dozen launch pads built on coastal marshland just a few metres above sea level.
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