Dear District 5SW Lions Club Members - please share with your club members!
Lion Darryl Moll & I have purchased 12 Tour tickets for the National Park Service Minuteman Missile Silo Delta-01.
When: This was scheduled for Saturday, April 13th at 1:00 PM (6 people) and at 2:00 PM (6 people), but is to be rescheduled - we expect it to be in September. If Lions Club response exceeds 12 people, I will attempt to secure additional reservations. Cost per reservation is $12.78 - Contact Ken for securing one of these reserved tickets - phone/text 307.660.0440
Tour Location: Arrive at Delta-01, exit 127 just off I-90 at least 15 minutes prior to your tour. The separate Minuteman Missile Visitor Center is located at exit 131, just off I-90. The Visitor Center is an excellent museum of the life & times of the Minuteman era. Please visit this before or after the Delta-01 Tour.
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Tour Description: To see Delta-01, visitors need to attend a ticketed ranger-guided tour. The thirty-minute ranger guided interpretive tour of Launch Control Facility Delta-01 begins with a walk through of the grounds and topside support building. Visitors will see the living, dining, and recreational areas for the eight people stationed on the topside at Delta-01, working three days on and three days off at a time. Visitors then descend via an elevator 31 feet underground. They enter the Launch Control Center by walking past an eight-ton blast door built to protect missile crews from the effects of a nuclear blast. Visitors will see the complicated array of electronics used by missileers during their alert shifts to monitor the missiles and learn what it was like to have the awesome responsibility of thermonuclear war at their fingertips.
Tour Safety Restrictions: Delta-01 visitors (the underground part of the tour) must fulfill the following requirements:
• Be physically capable of climbing two, 15-foot ladders unassisted. These ladders are permanently attached to the wall and are very sturdy.
• Be comfortable in a small elevator in close proximity to six other adults.
• Be comfortable with heights of approximately 35 feet or about 3 stories. The elevator door is an open grate, not a solid door.
• The underground control center was not designed to accommodate the general public. It is accessed by an elevator and a ladder. In the event of an elevator failure, visitors that are underground will need to be capable of climbing the ladder for a safe and timely exit. Entering the control center also requires passing through a narrow corridor.
• Why only six per tour? Because the facility was built for nuclear war. Hence, a small elevator and tight space.
Again - Contact Ken to secure one of these 12 spots.
(If interest is greater than 12, Ken will attempt to secure more tour reservations.
Arrive 15 minutes before the assigned tour reservation time.
Best Regards, Lion Ken Miller
District 5SW Environmental Chair.
Mobile phone: 307.660.0440