What is the Space Needle?
Q: What is the Space Needle?
A: The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington located at the Seattle Center. It was built for the 1962 World's Fair and stands 605 feet (184 m) high and 138 feet (42 m) wide.
Q: How many people used the elevators of the Space Needle during its opening for the 1962 World's Fair?
A: During its opening for the 1962 World's Fair, almost 20,000 people used the elevators every day.
Q: How many visitors came to the World Fair overall?
A: Over 2.3 million visitors came to the World Fair overall.
Q: What kind of protection does it have against natural disasters?
A: The Space Needle is built not to fall in wind up to 200 miles per hour (89 m/s) and earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitude, which gives protection against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. It also has 25 lightning rods on its roof to protect it from lightning strikes.
Q: What can be seen from atop of this tower?
A: From atop of this tower, one can see Downtown Seattle skyline, Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay and islands around it all in one view.
Q: How long does it take to get to top by elevator?
A: It takes 41 seconds by elevator traveling at 10 miles per hour (4.5 m/s). On windy days however, they are slowed down to 5 miles per hour (2.2 m/s).
Q: When was it made a historic landmark?
A:The Space Needle was made a historic landmark on April 19th 1999 by city's Landmarks Preservation Board
