January 2025 sees the completion of the Beale blueprints section after months of work. Two new sections rounded out the drawings with the addition of the Propellant Terminal and Tunnels sections that add a couple hundred more blueprints to the set. Also, some stats and other info have been included about the set.
Another Plea for History
A new motto for the digital age!
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As always, I hope to encourage anyone with additional drawings that may be missing from the set, or really, anything of relevance to Titan I history, to please, Please, PLEASE contact me and hopefully I can find a way to include it on the web site. Going forward I urge folks to adopt a policy of PRESERVATION, PRESERVATION, PRESERVATION as Silo Man of www.siloworld.net, and Dave, site owner of www.allthingsatlas.com have adopted as a major priority.
I encourage anyone with photos or materials of historical significance-- even if it doesn't seem important, and no matter the subject, to do their best to scan, reproduce or otherwise preserve such items from loss over the years. The history of the Titan I program from inception to now, spans the confines of a single human life-span, and yet, so much has already been lost. The people who planned, developed, designed and built the system; the people who protected, operated and manned the system, have been departing us quietly over the decades, and with them, each a library in their own right, a bit more of the history-- their legacy, is lost.
I've said a lot about the subject, so I won't go on much more, but if you can do anything to ensure the preservation of anything historical, please do. Scan it, duplicate it, protect it. So much is lost in just one lifetime, imagine what 200 years could do.
In other, minor news
Some little tweaks were made to the site that will likely escape notice, but just some small improvements and updates to formatting and correction of some little goofs here and there. I have yet to hear any complaints or suggestions to the site or it's interface so that's good I guess.
Until Next Time
The next update will likely see blueprints for Mountain Home or Lowry begin to appear, and more information on photos already posted to the Overpressure Archive will likely be added in the background without notice. Adding captions is quite laborious so it can proceed rather glacially.