A Day at the Cape

Damon Hill wrote:

The Titan IV facility is amazing, almost as extensive
as the LC39 complex. I was wondering why the buildings
couldn't be used for EELV assembly, but the sheer distance
the launch vehicles would have to be transported might be
inconvenient for various reasons.

The VIB, the SMAB, and the SMARF (and Pad 40) were
offered up in the CEV bid packages as available
facilities, so bidders might find a use for one or
more of them. The SMARF, especially, might be
recycled for new service. It is the newest structure
and is the one nearest to Pads 40 and 41.

Lockheed Martin has already converted one of the
old Titan IIIC solid motor prep buildings near the
VIB into an Atlas V processing building. This is
where the rocket stages are checked out horizontally
before they go to the VIF at Complex 41. The Atlas V
launch control center is also in an old Titan building.

- Ed Kyle