Rocket Test Site

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Thiokol tested their proposed solid rocket motor for the Apollo program here. I'm not sure, but this may also be where the motor was cast.

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Coordinates: 30°57'13"N 81°31'54"W

googie (guest)

http://www.camdencounty.org/html/1960s.html <br> see "Thiokol Receives Rocket Contracts" from the April 19, 1963 issue of the Camden County Tribune

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googie (guest)

read more : "Space: Biggest Booster Yet" Time Magazine, Friday, Mar. 12, 1965 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,839383,00.html

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googie (guest)

Life Magazine April 23, 1965, pp 71-73 + <br><br> http://books.google.com/books?id=S1MEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71&dq=Thiokol++solid+rocket&hl=en&ei=ZjRDTf__M4T48AaX7bmbAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Thiokol%20%20solid%20rocket&f=false

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