Sep 072012
Huh.
1961: SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHING Of Minuteman from an underground silo was made in a test conducted at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Tethering cables restricted the test vehicle’s flight. In sequence, from the left, the missile was preceded by a blast of smoke and flame before engine from the silo. The tethering cables its to fall back to earth after the first-stage rocket engine had used up its fuel. The test missile carried flight-weight upper stages.
