NASA razes rocket engine test stands
“Towering more than 200 feet tall, the Coca Test Stands at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory once shook the hills of eastern Ventura County with the roar of rocket engines bound for the moon.
Now, those legendary structures have been dismantled—marking the end of an era for a site that helped launch the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, even as efforts to clean up its toxic legacy continue.
The 2,850-acre field lab above Simi Valley began operating in the 1940s. Boeing Company owns about 80% of the site, including much of Area IV, while NASA and the Department of Energy oversee separate portions of the remaining 20%, each with distinct cleanup responsibilities.
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At the May 13 meeting, Daniel Hirsch, longtime nuclear policy watchdog and president of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, criticized the plan.”