Jeff writes:

> If I recall correctly (likely not) from my tour of the Kennedy Space
>  Center about 19 years ago, the transport platform that carried the
>  Saturn V assemblies of Apollo (and presumably still used for the
>  shuttles) gets worse mileage, measured in inches per gallon.  Maybe they
>  have changed the gearing, but it was originally designed to carry the
>  tremendously heavy Saturn V assembly (that is definitely a Wirt
>  question, so I'll hush with my fuzzy nostalgia on the topic).

The crawler/transporter that was used for the Apollo missions used just about
the same amount of fuel as Gavin's calculations for the Queen Mary: 150
gallons of diesel fuel per mile.

If you're amazed by me knowing that statistic, don't be. Everything is on the
web now. In this case, it's at:

     http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/crawler.html

However, as Einstein was fond of saying, if you really want to look
intelligent, it's important to hide your sources.

Wirt