Five o’clock in the “City of Angels” typically signals the end of a hard work day. It’s a time when most Los Angeles metropolitan area commuters pile on to the freeways and Metrorail system, returning to their homes during the long summer evening.
However, about 25 dedicated Space and Missile Systems Center personnel put off their mad dash to jam the streets of L.A. and gathered instead in the Gordon Conference Center at the Schriever Space Complex. Instead of having visions of the weekend ahead, these active duty and civilian employees — some with family members in tow — observed the culmination of their efforts some three hours ahead and 2,584 miles away at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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