The History of Rocketry in the Southwest

Andy scouted a trip for Caltech about the history of rocketry and missiles. It took him to El Paso, TX then to Roswell and Las Cruces, NM and finally to Tucson, AZ. 900 miles driven in 3 days.

Started out in El Paso, Texas My primary view for 3 days My secondary view for 3 days My Chevy Impala silhouetted in the desert Robert Goddard's rocket lab, Roswell, NM Huh? This is where the UFO crashed in 1947. I swear. Wyeth-Hurd Art Gallery & Guest Houses, San Patricio, NM Int'l Space Hall of Fame and Missile Park, Alamogordo, NM Ain't it the truth V2 rocket wreckage It's actually a really crummy museum YOU try to photograph a Stealth fighter with your phone while driving 85 mph Army shmarmy: White Sands Missile Range Yeah, don't forect Nice rest stop. Welcome to Arizona Or not A Skycrane is the entrance to the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson JFK's Air Force One (DC-6) SR-71 Blackbird Super-Guppy. More leg room in coach AV8B Harrier jumpjet There are hundreds of aircraft at Pima If the rattlers don't get you, the radio frequency radiation will Titan II Missile in its silo, Sahuarita, AZ How to launch a nuke Another view from underground Sustenance for those 400 mile drives in the desert Roswell's main industry View from the Hilton atrium, Tucson