Good to see this. It was very sad to see the blue cube demolished and the earth terminals removed. It was a big loss for the area. 99.99% of the people driving by on 237 never knew how they were being kept safe.

When I showed up in MV in 1987 - I also had no idea the the existing Blue Cube was the lone military reconnaissance satellite downlink station for the USA. So, like most of the people driving by, or living within a few miles:

I had no idea, that the Blue Cube was the final target for probably several USSR multi-megaton yield inter-continental ballistic missile warheads. Plus probably a few lower-yield submarine launched ballistic or cruse missiles.

DARPA and the self driving car effort is fine. But there really are parts of the military-industrial complex that are better to live away from [anyone for living near the Lockheed Missles and Space BOMB trigger plant up in Ben Lomand area?]

not SO sad (the facility got moved to the center of the country away from major populations)