We are planning to restore the control room that sent mankind to the moon in the Apollo program, aiming to be released in 2019, which is the 50th anniversary of the lunar arrival

The Apollo project that made mankind reach the moon for the first time in 1969, the control room of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, which was used for various rocket launch mission of NASA "Mission control"The restoration project finally started for the public release in 2019 at last. This project was a part of the money raised by Kickstarter, and over $ 500,000 (about 56 million yen) was gathered via Cloud Funding.

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The mission control (control room) that was supposed to be restored this time should be many people who have seen in the movie "Apollo 13" etc. It is a facility that has been responsible for the control of numerous launch missions that NASA has done, and it is one before the Apollo planGemini planAnd in collaboration with the Soviet Union at that timeApollo · Soyuz Test Plan, The predecessor of the space shuttle programSkylab plan, AndSpace shuttle planIt was used as part of "retired" in 1992. Also in 1985United States National Historic BuildingIt is specified.


It looks like this when actually being used at the time of the Apollo project. Although the mission name is unknown, a screen showing the location of the spaceship is projected on the wall in front.


It is restored that the console for the control which was refurbished for the space shuttle and was newly introduced especially for the space shuttle as well as the whole facility including the four rooms adjacent to the mission control is all the way to the time of the Apollo plan It is said that it is returned to a near state.


The layout of the control room is like this. By the way, the Apollo 13 project caused three astronauts to survive, and the commander, Jean Kranz, who was responsible for responding, also known as "the most successful failure in history", was conducting the 5th Seating of "Flight Director".


It is almost impossible to obtain the same parts as at that time, because the equipment to be restored has a monthly date of 50 years since being manufactured. As a result, each part will be sent to the expert who carries out the restoration and regain the figure at that time. The console will be sent to the universe and science facility "Cosmosphere" in Kansas State and will be restored by experts. All of the buttons and dials of the console are returned to their original state at that time, and now the CRT display of black and white display which almost never sees also is also returned.


In addition, the binder and the headset of the manuals used at the time and even the pencil and the ashtray were thoroughly restored, and it is supposed to restore the situation of 1969 as it is. The thorough restoration so far is done because it is aimed at leaving the feat accomplished by the Apollo plan that gathered state-of-the-art technology at a later age.


In this effort, "Space Center Houston" official visitor center of Johnson Space Center launched the campaign "Webster Challenge" in 2016 to fund 5 million dollars (about 550 million yen). City of Webster ", which is adjacent to the Johnson Space Center and involved in space development at that time" City of Webster "has offered a donation of 3.1 million dollars (about 350 million yen) in early 2017, We also recruited some of the funds in Kickstarter's campaign, and we have successfully raised about $ 500,000 (about 56 million yen) in funding. Also, the same amount as the investment amount gathered from participants of Kickstarter is supposed to be added by City of Webster.


Finally, a project for full-scale restoration has started. Restoration of the entire facility including the control room is scheduled to be completed in 2019, which is the 50th anniversary of landing on the moon, and it will be opened to the general public the same year. In the following promotion movie created during the Kickstarter campaign, Mr. Jean Kranz himself appeared and talked about its significance. In addition, Mr. Kranz who heard at the beginning of the dialogue with each department "RETRO, Go! FDO, Go! GUIDO, Go! ... CAPCOM, we are GO for landing "sounds are goose bumps even if you hear it many times.