Quote from: edkyle99 on 03/23/2015 02:20 pmI suppose we'll never know why NASA Glenn didn't get to inspect this Atlas before it was yanked down and bent. - Ed KyleMy theory is that they want to initiate construction on that land as the spring begins, hence the rush. We’ll see if it proves true...
I suppose we'll never know why NASA Glenn didn't get to inspect this Atlas before it was yanked down and bent. - Ed Kyle
I contacted them about us raising money to save the Atlas; they did not ask if the could have the money to restore the missile and keep it there.IMHO, they had made a tough decision and did not want to open old wounds, so to speak.
I'm going to say this again for the last time... If the public was at risk a safety fence would have been put up immediately...
Quote from: Rocket Science on 03/23/2015 05:44 pmI'm going to say this again for the last time... If the public was at risk a safety fence would have been put up immediately...Yeah, and that's an overly simplistic way to look at it. If their insurance company said "this thing is dangerous and if you don't do something about it by X date we will not insure you" then that doesn't require them to immediately erect a fence. It does require them to decide to either put up a fence by that date, risk going without insurance, or tear it down. Just because they took it down instead of erecting a fence doesn't prove it was not risky.
Well, even in its current condition, the Atlas 5A is still in better shape than the WRESAT Redstone.
Could it be one of these? https://twitter.com/FarryFaz/status/1187070744775274497
The un-collapsed Atlas might be a B or C - or even an A modified to host a fake sustainer engine for display, if it has equal-length side pods - its hard to tell from the photos. My guess is that these used to be USAF displays at PAFB and/or at CCAFS that were taken down or damaged. There used to be two Atlases at the CCAFS Museum, then there was one (I saw it during the 1990s - it was an E so isn't the un-collapsed one here), now I believe there is none.