MD History Talk, Roger Launius, "NASA: From the Past to the Future"

On or about 7 Aug 2003 04:46:17 GMT, rk
made the sensational claim that:
Join NASM Historian Dr. Roger Launius for this special History
Colloquium, "NASA: From the Past to the Future," and the official
dedication of the Bldg.3 Auditorium in honor of Goddard's first Center
Director Dr. Harry Goett.

I've noticed that we tend to see things like "Bldg.3" and "Bldg.1" at centers
other than KSC. Everything here is letters, with at least some descriptive
value. Whazzamadda, no creativity? OH and while I'm KSC boosting, I'll
mention KSC leads in # of patents, at least as of a couple years ago.
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LooseChanj wrote:

On or about 7 Aug 2003 04:46:17 GMT, rk
made the sensational claim that:
Join NASM Historian Dr. Roger Launius for this special History
Colloquium, "NASA: From the Past to the Future," and the official
dedication of the Bldg.3 Auditorium in honor of Goddard's first Center
Director Dr. Harry Goett.

I've noticed that we tend to see things like "Bldg.3" and "Bldg.1" at centers
other than KSC. Everything here is letters, with at least some descriptive
value. Whazzamadda, no creativity? OH and while I'm KSC boosting, I'll
mention KSC leads in # of patents, at least as of a couple years ago.

MSFC follows military convention (it does sit on and is totally
encompassed by Redstone Arsenal, after all). All the building, every
damned one of them, is known first by its four-digit number: "Building
4755", "Building 4610", etc.

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In article ,
LooseChanj wrote:

On or about 7 Aug 2003 04:46:17 GMT, rk
made the sensational claim that:
Join NASM Historian Dr. Roger Launius for this special History
Colloquium, "NASA: From the Past to the Future," and the official
dedication of the Bldg.3 Auditorium in honor of Goddard's first Center
Director Dr. Harry Goett.

I've noticed that we tend to see things like "Bldg.3" and "Bldg.1" at
centers
other than KSC. Everything here is letters, with at least some descriptive
value. Whazzamadda, no creativity?

Every building at Goddard has a text description, but this refers to the
original purpose of the facility and not its current use. And few would be of
help in pointing you to "Central Flight Control & Range Installation Building".

See pg. 8 in the phone book for the key.

Curtis

Herb Schaltegger wrote:
MSFC follows military convention (it does sit on and is totally
encompassed by Redstone Arsenal, after all). All the building, every
damned one of them, is known first by its four-digit number: "Building
4755", "Building 4610", etc.

Worse yet, the numbers follow no rhyme or reason....

D.
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On or about 7 Aug 2003 05:44:35 GMT, rk
made the sensational claim that:
How many buildings at KSC? I was only there once and that was back in
'89.

KSC is divided into two sections, the LC-39 area (which everyone calls the
north end), and the "industrial area", where the HQ, O&C, and SSPF are located.
LC-39 has the VAB of course, OPFs, OSB, ARF, and the logistics building. The
industrial area has the BOB, CIF, HQ, O&C, and SSPF. Plus all the assorted
trailers and little things like the press building with the redstone and the
HMF. There's stuff all over, and even quite a bit on the air farce side.
When I went for the Columbia debris viewing, I noticed they're building new
gates and guard shacks. There's supposed to be a science park of sorts as well,
so they can move all the life sciences stuff out of a hangar. For those with
a copy of Marooned, the shot where a helicopter is carrying the XRV, that's NASA
causeway, and you can just catch Hangar L, which is where a lot of the life
science stuff is, or was 2-3 years ago. There's a gate there between KSC and
the AFS now.
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"Derek Lyons" wrote in message
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Worse yet, the numbers follow no rhyme or reason....

Is to confuse Russkie spies, nyet?
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 21:17:40 GMT, (Derek Lyons)
wrote:

Herb Schaltegger wrote:
MSFC follows military convention (it does sit on and is totally
encompassed by Redstone Arsenal, after all). All the building, every
damned one of them, is known first by its four-digit number: "Building
4755", "Building 4610", etc.

Worse yet, the numbers follow no rhyme or reason....

Dryden's do; they indicate the age of the building. The oldest is
4800 and the newest is something like 4879. The problem is that age
isn't immediately obvious unless you've been around forever and can
remember when something was built.

Mary

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Mary Shafer wrote:

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 21:17:40 GMT, (Derek Lyons)
wrote:

Herb Schaltegger wrote:
MSFC follows military convention (it does sit on and is totally
encompassed by Redstone Arsenal, after all). All the building, every
damned one of them, is known first by its four-digit number: "Building
4755", "Building 4610", etc.

Worse yet, the numbers follow no rhyme or reason....

Dryden's do; they indicate the age of the building. The oldest is
4800 and the newest is something like 4879. The problem is that age
isn't immediately obvious unless you've been around forever and can
remember when something was built.

Never saw anything like at any of the naval bases I was at...

D.
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Mary Shafer wrote:

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 06:55:09 -0500, Herb Schaltegger
wrote:

MSFC follows military convention (it does sit on and is totally
encompassed by Redstone Arsenal, after all). All the building, every
damned one of them, is known first by its four-digit number: "Building
4755", "Building 4610", etc.

Ditto Dryden Flight Research Center. We're a tenant organization at
Edwards AFB. The Main Building is Bldg 4800, for example, and the
RAIF is 4840. Some of the buildings have official names (mostly
ending in "Facility") but not all. They all have descriptive names,
some of which match the official names.

Heh. On a military base it's a frequent occurence that the 'name' is
an impenetrable acronym or contraction. (I spent a lot of time at the
FLEBALMISUBTRACEN, which contraction was frequently further contracted
to an acronym; FBMSTC.)

D.
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On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 08:44:05 GMT, (Derek Lyons)
wrote:

Mary Shafer wrote:

Dryden's do; they indicate the age of the building. The oldest is
4800 and the newest is something like 4879. The problem is that age
isn't immediately obvious unless you've been around forever and can
remember when something was built.

Never saw anything like at any of the naval bases I was at...

There's probably a multi-century tradition that the Navy follows.
Dryden is on an Air Force base.

Mary
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