Artemis mission shares office space — and physics — with Apollo

Artemis Mission Shares Office Space -- and Physics -- With Apollo

The Artemis missions to send humans back to the moon by 2024 have sparked a
a lot of interest in NASA's history on the lunar surface. But few know that
that the original Apollo program also had its share of challenges, includin
including finding enough office space for all the engineers working on the 
project.

In those days, NASA was headquartered at what is now called Ellington Field
Field, just outside Houston. The agency had plenty of land to build hangars
hangars and other structures, but not so much for office space.

The solution? Sharing. NASA's Apollo program shared office space with a num
number of other government agencies, including the U.S. Navy, which was run
running its own aerospace projects at the time.

But sharing wasn't always easy. Different agencies had different rules abou
about when they could use the copier or take coffee breaks. And then there 
were the territorial disputes over who got to sit where -- especially with 
NASA's more famous astronauts like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking i
in one day.

Those tensions didn't stop NASA engineers from making some interesting disc
discoveries, however. By comparing the office furniture from both agencies,
agencies, they found that the desks used by Apollo flight controllers actua
actually had a better g rating than those of their Navy counterparts. Thi
This meant that the Apollo desks could withstand more force and therefore w
were probably safer in the event of an earthquake or other emergency.

So while sharing office space may not sound like much fun, it turns out the
there are some benefits to it -- even for NASA and its astronauts.

Edward Lance Arellano Lorilla

CEO / Co-Founder

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