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...last-minute transfusions of rebellious, bubbly lox. "This was really noticeable at Canaveral," says Feldman. "With Titan I, we had to fiddle with the lox right down to the countdown, but this time there was nothing we could worry about for the last two days before the flight. You preload, and that's the end of it." Titan II, like the much smaller, solid-fuel Minuteman, will be placed in underground silos covered with a thick lid to resist attack. After it gets the command to go into action, it can be fired in a few minutes, perhaps...
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