{"id":1161,"date":"2013-03-15T21:19:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T21:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2013-03-15T21:19:06","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T21:19:06","slug":"the-titan-missile-museum-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1161","title":{"rendered":"The Titan Missile Museum in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Zimmerman has an interesting report on a visit to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.titanmissilemuseum.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Titan Missile Museum<\/a> near Tucson, Arizona: <a href=\"http:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/essays-and-commentaries\/visiting-a-nuclear-missile-silo\" target=\"_d\">Visiting a nuclear missile silo &#8211; Behind The Black<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Weephoxg1tQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll note that the company <a href=\"http:\/\/frontierastronautics.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Frontier Astronautics LLC<\/a> is located in a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/frontierastronautics.com\/frontier-astronautics-products-and-services.htm#facilities\" target=\"_d\">decommissioned Atlas-E Missile Silo<\/a> in Wyoming. So such sites do have some utility after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Zimmerman has an interesting report on a visit to the Titan Missile Museum near Tucson, Arizona: Visiting a nuclear missile silo &#8211; Behind The Black. I&#8217;ll note that the company Frontier Astronautics LLC is located in a\u00a0decommissioned Atlas-E Missile Silo in Wyoming. So such sites do have some utility after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-iJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4582,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4582","url_meta":{"origin":1161,"position":0},"title":"A beautiful shot of a missile in the night","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Anthony Galv\u00e1n III sends the following text and photo for a missile launch this morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base. 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