Mourn not. These were purpose-built structures erected in record time to support a single program (and pressed into service for Shuttle & friends). They were first so they were by definition pioneering, but we've learned a lot since then.
The sad part isn't that they're gone. The sad part is that we didn't make them obsolete until just recently.
NooneAtAll3•26m ago
on one hand, "ha-ha artemis was made to reuse shuttle program and now look at this"
on the other... judging by the pictures nobody did the maintenance anyway, so it's straight up safety precaution and hazard removal
schiffern•27m ago
The sad part isn't that they're gone. The sad part is that we didn't make them obsolete until just recently.