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Pat Carry
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Got to visit the museum in June. Had't been there since the early 90's. For some reason the missile display room made me feel a bit uneasy.
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Got to visit the museum in June. Had't been there since the early 90's. For some reason the missile display room made me feel a bit uneasy.


Out of curiosity, may I ask why?

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I find the missile gallery to be awesome, but thats just me. It will be even better a number of years down the road when the final 2 rockets go on display.

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Looks like the room will close December 8th.

I'll be making my first trip in 18 years to the museum tomorrow. I can't wait to see everything!
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Looks like the room will close December 8th.

I'll be making my first trip in 18 years to the museum tomorrow. I can't wait to see everything!

I hope you have at least one day planned there. :D

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Misterg97 wrote:
Elwyn wrote:
Got to visit the museum in June. Had't been there since the early 90's. For some reason the missile display room made me feel a bit uneasy.


Out of curiosity, may I ask why?



I know where he's coming from....ICBMs are designed for only one thing. Bad stuff.
I got the same feeling when I entered the Weapon Storage Area when I was in SAC in the old days.
Last time I was there I noted they didn't have an Atlas...a rather huge gap.

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JohnB wrote:
Misterg97 wrote:
Elwyn wrote:
Got to visit the museum in June. Had't been there since the early 90's. For some reason the missile display room made me feel a bit uneasy.


Out of curiosity, may I ask why?



I know where he's coming from....ICBMs are designed for only one thing. Bad stuff.
I got the same feeling when I entered the Weapon Storage Area when I was in SAC in the old days.
Last time I was there I noted they didn't have an Atlas...a rather huge gap.


An Atlas is tough to display. They supported themselves via pressurization. Unpressurized, an Atlas would collapse...if I'm not mistaken...

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They've got an Atlas over in one of the storage hangar. I understand the missiles were removed from outdoor display years ago after one of them collapsed, because they were not designed to stand up indefinitely with empty fuel tanks.

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Pat Carry wrote:
Jeremy S wrote:
Looks like the room will close December 8th.

I'll be making my first trip in 18 years to the museum tomorrow. I can't wait to see everything!

I hope you have at least one day planned there. :D


I'll probably be there from open until close tomorrow 8)
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Steve Nelson wrote:
They've got an Atlas over in one of the storage hangar. I understand the missiles were removed from outdoor display years ago after one of them collapsed, because they were not designed to stand up indefinitely with empty fuel tanks.

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Which is what happened to their last Atlas....circa 1994.
Their "new" one IIRC, is ex-Franklin institute and is just a shell with re-enforcing structure inside.

You'd think they'd have it on display by now.

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The SAC (sorry, SASM) has had an Atlas missile on display since they moved to the new location. I believe it was also modified with an internal structure during its restoration. The design of the Atlas was a great innovation, but it was also a great burden on maintenance for that same reason and why they didn't last long as an ICBM. Made for one helluva satellite and person launcher though!
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