Save The LUT

Stage 1: Now to February 28th

• Adopt a unified Mission Statement.
• Make the organization a full non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation - scheduled for January 2004.
• Contact NASA with our draft proposal.
• Contact the Smithsonian Institute about running and maintaining the tower once it is rebuilt.
• Contact the National Trust for Historic Preservation to get the LUT put back on the America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list.

Stage 2: March 1st to July 19th

• Announce the project to the Press.
• Contact Press Site at KSC to coordinate events there to fit some appropriate time in for our campaign with the VIP's.
• Contact Discovery Channel/History Channel/National Geographic to produce a fly-on-the-wall documentary of the story of the campaign (similar to Discovery's 'The raising of Liberty Bell 7').
• Obtain appropriate NASA approval for the new location for the LUT.
• Approach Smithsonian about taking control of LUT segments in the Saturn-V Center for reintegrating into the tower and rebuilding the display there with the two last segments of LUT 2 out near the 'Arm Farm' and a crane boom from the Shuttle towers (also stored in the LUT yard).
• As a publicity exercise, organize to clear the boneyard site of overgrown weeds with a group of volunteers, and film it.
• Organize funding for a detailed survey of the entire structure (Discovery Channel?)
• Commission a detailed survey of the LUT.
• Use detailed survey to accurately estimate the required costs for reconstruction (expected between $20-80 million).
• Send out prospective contacts to all the VIP's we would like to get supporting the campaign.

Stage 3: July 20th to July 31st

• Organize all the VIP's for the 35th Anniversary celebrations of the Moon landing on July 20th 2004, so that they can also take a moment to support the campaign while they are in the area - so we can make the most capital of the good publicity.
• Get the press to run with the story.
• Use this publicity as the launch-pad to approach serious potential investors:
  • Historical preservation trusts: i.e. National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Large corporations: i.e. Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Northrop Grumman, Oracle, Microsoft, Verizon
  • Governments (US & Foreign)
  • Private individuals.

Stage 4: August 1st to September 31st

• Collect bids from contractors for refurbishing the LUT.
• Collect bids for rebuilding the LUT.

Stage 5: October 1st 2004 to July 15th 2009

• Refurbish the LUT.
• Build the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) for the LUT to be fixed to.
• Rebuild the LUT.
• Build a Saturn-V Replica.

Stage 6: July 16th 2009

• Dedicate the LUT as a new Monument to the Apollo Program on the 40th Anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11-.