Huh. Clearly I'm not much of a "Space" kangaroo, as I had no idea they were retiring the Titan series. Pity. I've always though they should retrofit some old missile silos to house Titan IIs fitted with Gemini capsules. (Modified for various space interdiction and rescue missions, of course.) It's hard to accomplish a good "Thunderbirds Are Go!" sort of launch without a storeable propellant booster.

Someday I should go see the firehouse bulb. It's only about thirty miles away. I can almost here it burning from here. (bzzzzzzzzzz)