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Had a successful recovery today of a Nike Hercules "Trailer Van Director M259A1" from the NASA Johnson Space Center. Went a lot better than my last recovery there when the alternator on my 915 caught fire at the security checkpoint. This time zero problems.
NASA was using this until very recently as some kind of radio shack. Of course the Nike Hercules electronics are long gone. Apparently, at some of the more permanent Nike sites, the running gear would be removed and the van set on blocks (see picture of the van at the Marin County, CA Nike site). This must be from one of those sites. You can see where the running gear attaches. Very interesting to me that the van is made nearly entirely of magnesium. Need to keep the cutting torch miles away from this thing!
NASA was using this until very recently as some kind of radio shack. Of course the Nike Hercules electronics are long gone. Apparently, at some of the more permanent Nike sites, the running gear would be removed and the van set on blocks (see picture of the van at the Marin County, CA Nike site). This must be from one of those sites. You can see where the running gear attaches. Very interesting to me that the van is made nearly entirely of magnesium. Need to keep the cutting torch miles away from this thing!
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