Reasonably Accurate Behind the Scene Look at Mission Control

[Paratus]

http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=92769

If you've ever been interested and think you would look good in a white shirt and skinny tie.

 

[KillerCharlie]

I got to go there when I interviewed at JSC (the job was for space station attitude control). Unfortunately I immediately realized that NASA is just another government bureaucracy and there were much better opportunities in the private sector. I was also set on designing stuff, something NASA doesn't do much of.

During the interview I got to go into the mission control room used in the earlier days (e.g. Apollo missions) - that was pretty cool since it's unavailable to the public. Being in that room immediately gave you the sense that you were in some place immensely historically important.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That was a cool read. I work at a NOC, so it's kinda similar job wise, just different "mission" and less important. Ex: people's lives arn't on the line in our case. It can get pretty hectic here if there's a major event like a fibre cut or equipment failure, or a storm that takes out a large region, but it's not as hectic as it would be if there was an incident on the ISS for example. Would definitely be a cool job to do though.

Any time we talk about upgrades to our NOC, NASA is kinda a model we use. "We need the big screens with a map like NASA!".