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When the Atlas Missile Museum in Oplin couldn’t secure a real missile, they got an inflatable replica named Alice—perfectly sized to fill the silo like the original. The real Atlas missiles were mostly fuel tanks held rigid by internal pressure, and without it, their thin metal skins would collapse. Though retired by 1965 and never launched, these rockets powered early satellites and Mercury missions. Alice’s fabric body mirrors that same pressure-based design, making it a surprisingly accurate tribute to the iconic rocket.

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