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“It’s the largest rocket ever to be launched from Vandenberg,” Hennigan said. “They launched the same rocket in January of 2011, and it was so big, it caused such a stir, people were pulling off the road to see this and some people reported hearing it about 50 miles away.”

How can it be the largest when they launched the same rocket in 2011. That would make it the second time the largest rocket was launched from Vandeberg.

I wish they had launched the shuttle from there. They spent all the money to set it up and mothballed it all after Challenger.

3 posted on 08/28/2013 12:54:37 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")

IIRC there was a shuittle launching facility built at VAFB. The reason I heard it was never used, never made sense. Something about the wiring being backwards. I never believed that.

6 posted on 08/28/2013 12:57:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)

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