From: utzoo!decvax!cca!David.Smith@CMU-10A@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.space Title: Vandenberg launch facilities Article-I.D.: sri-unix.1644 Posted: Sun Jun 6 03:50:22 1982 Received: Mon Jun 7 00:47:52 1982 From: David.Smith at CMU-10A (C410DS30) The Air Force has long used Vandenberg for launching into polar orbits. Its advantage is that rockets can be launched straight south without the danger of raining stuff down on land if something goes wrong. From Canaveral, your rocket will overfly land if shot straight north or south.