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This article piqued my interest in Aerojet! Reading the Wikipedia entry, I was stuck by how the founders list control of their firm, "Unhappily for us, no bank
by reeteshv 8y ago
This article piqued my interest in Aerojet!
Reading the Wikipedia entry, I was stuck by how the founders list control of their firm, "Unhappily for us, no bank would lend us money; bankers hadn’t yet come to think of rocketry as a stable business."
Interestingly, a tire company acquired majority control!
- codemogul 8y agoSo, if you are ever in Miami, you can take a 45 minute drive down to their old facility at the edge of the Everglades in Homestead. Bring/rent a mountain bike because the last 2 miles are closed road. Great place to run. Even cooler, there is still a test missile in a silo in one of the remaining structures. There is all sorts of interesting rusting hulks out there. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerojet#Florida_facility_and_canal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerojet#Florida_facility_and_c... [2] http://www.abandonedfl.com/aerojet-dade/ http://www.abandonedfl.com/aerojet-dade/