# Urban Exploring Meets US Space Program **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 29, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014 "2011-06-29T07:55:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/1 "2011-06-29T07:55:40Z")
More cool stuff. Apparently the largest rocket motor ever built is still just sitting in a hole in the Everglades. ![http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4249371193_017198180d_o.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/f/0/f040078854e309937c4322f1cc0f484d886f43b0.png) > In the 1960’s the AeroJet company was considered as the possible supplier of solid-fuel rocket motors to be used as primary power plants for the Saturn I space booster. The idea, in simple terms, was to use a single, very large rocket motor in place of a number of smaller rocket motors. A complex was constructed in the everglades to manufacture and test the rockets. > > The AJ260 was the largest rocket motor ever produced and during it’s testing, created the highest decibel noise level ever created by man. Its blast could be seen easily, 50 miles away in Miami. Despite it’s great power and sprawling manufacturing complex, the project was dropped by NASA. [![]() ](https://vimeo.com/22954417) ![http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/IMG_9966.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/1/2/12d09bf2a80cdc99f49660df7b134b1228b341c4.jpeg) ![http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/IMG_9970.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/f/2/f2b1aada2d6d9f08ab6d86f47a802d5d0cb0b78f.jpeg) ![http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/IMG_0011-1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/e/b/ebe4f710f169033f8586f185b2d140bbbd0f01da.jpeg) ![http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/IMG_0006-1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/2/02aca2a1a658b7005bdc2a19a2220d86b3719515.jpeg) ![http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/IMG_9989.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/1/d150d61ac30bb1a4cd507798619d589e05dfb853.jpeg) ![http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/IMG_0003PS.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/7/f/7ffe1daa3856d5f7f3223470f709334d93b44e95.jpeg) ![http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/qx-door-3.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/a/cae0c0f8a52c29b1ddf241b904f6076140f90820.jpeg) ![http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/qx-door-2.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/4/0494d546c6a9ae84ae0c1d7fd457598293154043.jpeg) ![http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/qx-door-1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/1/8/18776751669fb58a6f054206e2c5b10589917c14.jpeg) ![http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/abandoned-nasa-rocket-header.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/1/2/12bff5d5ba593694093b6c28e1226ac9d8593304.jpeg) [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/b/8bae3efd919b711c6fe5817143140a119fa2b824.jpeg "Rocket") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljLYvJqkmZ0) More pics here: [What's Left of Birmingham: AeroJet Everglades Facility](http://leftbirmingham.blogspot.com/2010/04/aerojet-facility.html) ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/2 "2011-06-29T08:24:31Z")
Awesome stuff :tup: ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/3 "2011-06-29T08:32:37Z")
_Really_ cool. You’re on a urban decay kick as of late, Josh, and I friggin’ love it. :tspry: ---
**Author:** ![38stang](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/38stang/32/7479_2.png) [@38stang](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/38stang)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/4 "2011-06-29T09:25:11Z")
Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/5 "2011-06-29T10:52:46Z")
> [@TrueBlue](#): > > _Really_ cool. You’re on a urban decay kick as of late, Josh, and I friggin’ love it. :tspry: I’m not into pictures of run down buildings and old, broken shit in general, only subjects that are unique like this. You can find old buildings everywhere. But a massive rocket motor is hard to come by, lol. ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/6 "2011-06-29T11:11:00Z")
:tup: neat stuff… I WANT A HI-RES OF THIS :drool: ![http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/qx-door-2.jpg](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/viperrmk/AeroJet/qx-door-2.jpg) I love the flashlight delay… ---
**Author:** ![jimmyfloyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmyfloyd/32/3077_2.png) [@jimmyfloyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimmyfloyd)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/7 "2011-06-29T11:44:35Z")
In case anyone wants to Google map it: [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=25.3628546,+-80.5618859&hl=en&sll=25.363497,-80.558533&sspn=0.001762,0.002411&t=h&z=17](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=25.3628546,+-80.5618859&hl=en&sll=25.363497,-80.558533&sspn=0.001762,0.002411&t=h&z=17) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/8 "2011-06-29T12:43:14Z")
redic. ---
**Author:** ![DegreE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/degree/32/6136_2.png) [@DegreE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DegreE)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/9 "2011-06-29T13:40:20Z")
Damn, my wife is from that area. ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/10 "2011-06-30T06:20:42Z")
Cool beans ---
**Author:** ![Oasis24-7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c89c15/32.png) [@Oasis24-7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oasis24-7)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/11 "2011-06-30T12:43:48Z")
thats cool as shit ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/urban-exploring-meets-us-space-program/214014/12 "2011-06-30T13:03:09Z")
I could drive there in a couple hours… wonder if I’d get arrested 🙂