[metmom]

Things that make you wonder…….

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wow, I had no idea the whole launch complex was that huge! As a kid in the 50s and 60s, we always heard about Cape Canaveral, but I never thought that it might entail more than a couple of launch pads.

Thanks for posting.

[AndyJackson]

Back in the days when white privilege meant you tried to do stuff.

[libertylover]

I was offered a job there once. The proposed salary was low, and it must’ve been near 20 miles to the nearest house.

[montag813]

We need space more than ever. Makind has utterly failed at everything. The signs and symbols (and prices) of that failure is all around us.

[null and void]

The eight launch pads that made up the core of what is unofficially known as missile row, or “ICBM row,”

Or VERY unofficially as "IBRM row" as in Into the Banana River Missile...

[TangoLimaSierra]

Wonder why it wasn't called Rocket Row.
You know, since they launch rockets. Sounds cooler, too.

[nvskibum]

I recall that during the wild and wooly days of high failure rates, the Banana River was referred to as “Snark infested waters.”

That did not make me particularly proud of my red Revell kit Snark missile model. Even as a kid, that particular design looked useless.

[SES1066]

It is interesting to compare the launch of the Mercury Missions to the later manned launches. The Mercury Atlas & Titan boosters were placed on a very-slightly raised holder over a flat concrete pad. At launch you would see the flame scorching the concrete like a blowtorch. It was a real learning experience in action as we watched the changes made. Soon came the launch exhaust channels, then the flame pits and the water-baths and all of that impressive structure that we see today.