From another source...
Thought I would post this fragment from another website. It is about a person who visits Vandenberg Air Force Base in CA frequently. The SRB assembly building mentioned is a Solid Rocket Booster assembly building. These things do not stop burning once they are ignited and Vandenberg does a lot of rocket launches:
I've actually climbed around on those big Titan rockets. Very big, quite explosive (solid rocket engine parts that is...), and very cool.
At one point, after many days of handing my badge to whoever asked for it, I was taken aback after being asked for my badge well outside of the next building I was being escorted to. Once inside I asked the regulars what was up with that.
The quick answer was "Oh, all those other times you were asked for your ID were just formalities. This is the SRB assembly building. If we blow up, they want to know who was in here. That's why your ID is behind a nice thick concrete bunker.
Looking around, the "No Smoking" signs had a whole 'nother meaning.
Heh indeed!
Posted by DaveH at June 22, 2005 11:26 PM