Apr. 1st, 2006

thewayne: (Default)
We're going to the Trinity site this morning! It's open two days a year.
thewayne: (Eischer)
One of the interesting things about living in Southern New Mexico is the proximity to White Sands Missile Range. It is the testing center for every rocket or missile that may go into US military service. They do horrible things to missiles to test them long before they are fired, and if you're ever driving between Las Cruces and Alamogordo and you're in a hurry, you'd better do a little research to find out if US 70 will be open, it's always closed when they're shooting missiles.

White Sands also houses the site where the first atomic bomb detonation took place, the Trinity site. Today it was open for public tours.
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