40 Year Old Abandoned Moon Rocket Found In The Everglades.
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Lying in a huge hole in the ground underneath the Florida Everglades lies a 10-story tall and 20ft wide rocket – the largest solid rocket booster ever built.
Aerojet-General reportedly built the rocket manufacturing plant in the Everglades, Florida, in 1963, hoping to build solid fuel rockets for the Apollo moon mission.
The site was abandoned in 1969, along with the rocket in its 150-foot deep testing silo, where it has remained for more than 40 years.
The rocket has been left in its 150ft deep testing silo for more than 40 years after NASA decided to go with the liquid-fueled Saturn rockets for the Apollo moon mission.
The United State Air Force is understood to have provided Aerojet General with $3 million to build its manufacturing and testing site in Homestead, Florida.
Between September 25, 1965 and June 17, 1967, a total three static test firings took place. According to witnesses, the flames on the second test could be seen in Miami.
By the time the rocket was tested for the third time, NASA had already made the decision to go with liquid-fueled engines for the expeditions to the moon.
The site is situated down an abandoned road on the fringes of America’s greatest swamp.
The plant was eventually closed in 1969, with the rocket left behind in the ground. Aerojet reportedly paid $2.50 an acre per year for the annual lease on the land, which included an option to buy up to 25,000 acres more.
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