[anymouse]

Sorry but SLC-6 has been refurbished to launch other rockets. And a friend of mine who helped build it admitted that the concrete flame trench would never withstand a shuttle launch - that's the real reason they never lauched shuttles from Vandenberg. Billion dollar white elephant.

[capitan_refugio]

I have similar contacts at Vandenberg, and through my former agency's liaison with VAFB. I was aware that the Slick-6 facility was again modified/enhanced to accommodate other launch vehicles, but my understanding was that it had not lost its shuttle capability (not that there are any plans to use it in that way). I had read that they had provided a technical fix regarding the concrete ducts, the fear being there could have been a hydrogen buildup in them. It had something to do with a pre-launch spray of hot water in the ducts.

Here is a good recent article: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0401/18delta4slc6/