[Keflavik76]

I used to work along side the people from SoCal mentioned in that drop back in the 80s, 90s, and 0s. In the 90s Boeing and Lockheed Martin created the standalone company United Space Alliance (USA).   They moved in from SoCal to process the Shuttle Orbiter vehicle at the Kennedy Space Center and get the orbiter turned around  for every shuttle launch. They worked day and night getting things repaired, tested and ready. I didn’t work on the flight hardware in the OPFs, (Orbiter Processing Facility) but did maintenance and repair on the building fire alarm and security systems. They were a hardy bunch of dedicated people that loved their work, and it was a heartbreak when Zero cancelled the program.

[38special]

It was W that cancelled the Space Shuttle program and rightfully so. It was outdated and wasteful.