08. How many people are involved to support the crew? All together, how many people are involved in each mission? (A K2S Question)

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If you count everyone it would be in the thousands. People at the Johnson Spacecraft Center in Houston are working more intimately with the crew (instructors, training personnel, mission control flight directors and flight controllers, and so forth). At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, thousands work to prepare spacecraft for launch. The Marshall Space Center in Alabama specializes in boosters. The Ames Research Center provides support related to experiments; the Goddard Center in Maryland is the nerve center for ground-space communications; and the list goes on.

Answer provided by Col. USAF (Ret.) William R. Pogue


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