The sound of the rockets can drive you to the edge, says 67-year-old Ludmilla(ph) Kuperstach, wearing plastic sandals and a floral housedress.

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One man, displaying a dozen pairs of plastic sandals, breaks into a smile as he talks of his days at university, studying computer science.

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In what can only be described as a podiatrists worst nightmare, the vast majority run long distances in plastic sandals, flip flops or even barefoot.

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The workers, some wearing only plastic sandals, deftly make their way along narrow, five-meter high concrete platforms that divide the slipways and cranes that keep the vessels steady while they're being built.

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