Titan II Missile

Steve and I visited the Titan II Missile Museum last Thursday. If you remember your history the missile is a relic from the Cold War which held a nuclear payload 214 times as powerful as the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.

The tour took us down to the control center where the crew lived and prepared to fire the 165 ton rocket. I was allowed to sit where the crew chief would work and turn the key if it would have been necessary to fire the missile.

After learning about the control center and the process that would be followed to fire the missile we continued to the missile silo. The nine story silo showed us the work that went into maintaining the missile in a "ready state".

After leaving the missile silo we traveled to Tubac for lunch and shopping. Tubac was established in 1752 as a Spanish presido...today it is home to 100 shops which include art galleries, artist studios and gift shops.