on display at ATK Thiokol's manufacturing site in a remote valley north of the Great Salt Lake (click to enlarge.) I snapped this pic at dawn this morning after I spent the night at Promontory Point, Utah, where the golden spike was driven to celebrate the ceremonial completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in May 1869.
That's a solid rocket booster (SRB) for the space shuttle mounted in the background, with the Minuteman III ICBM and Trident II standing, left and right, respectively, among about 30 other motors and missiles. An adult would stand about as tall as the black motor in the foreground center, and that's one segment of the SRB next to it for a scale comparison. Big.
That's a solid rocket booster (SRB) for the space shuttle mounted in the background, with the Minuteman III ICBM and Trident II standing, left and right, respectively, among about 30 other motors and missiles. An adult would stand about as tall as the black motor in the foreground center, and that's one segment of the SRB next to it for a scale comparison. Big.
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