Time in a Bottle: Preserving JSC 2013
2013-12-10
When Glenn Holt, facility manager, was surveying construction to add foundation piers to Building 37, he realized he had a great opportunity to preserve the building’s history with something as simple as a time capsule.
So, he suggested to his co-workers that they put together some odds and ends and then bury them while the sidewalk was torn apart. The response was great, and items flooded in.
Inside the capsule were a variety of items that represent the building and the incredible work accomplished within its walls.
Here is a list of selected mementos to help tell the story.
So, he suggested to his co-workers that they put together some odds and ends and then bury them while the sidewalk was torn apart. The response was great, and items flooded in.
Inside the capsule were a variety of items that represent the building and the incredible work accomplished within its walls.
Here is a list of selected mementos to help tell the story.
- One CD-ROM from Clin Lab with a copy of the video: Dr. Craig Fisher "One Man Show," and Clin Lab pictures
- Five photographs from as far back as 1988 of various groups in Building 37
- One Intranasal gel Formulation of Scopolamine placebo from the Pharmacy Lab
- Five mission/project patches, including one from Nutrition dated and signed by all lab personnel
- Two business cards
- A laminated pamphlet about pharacotherapeutics at Johnson Space Center
- A current postage stamp (46 cents)
- An Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02 mission pin
- An International Space Station (ISS) - shuttle pin
- A small black rubber mouse from the animal lab
- A Wyle badge pull chain
- A bottle of "liquid paper" correcting fluid
- A blank 80-column IBM punch card
- A pad of "Post-it" FAX notes
- A mission planning chart for ISS/shuttle/Soyuz operations
- A miniature "Star Wars" storm trooper action figure
- A one gigabyte compact flash card with various Building 37 technical files and pictures
- A 128-megabyte USB flash drive with pictures of the building when it was just completed, and pictures of the foundation work being done currently
- A PC mouse connector to USB mouse adapter
- One set of foam ear plugs
The items were placed in a container, buried, sealed with concrete during an event on Nov. 20 capturing memories from the Space Shuttle Program, the International Space Station, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer project, and more.
Building 37 Facility Manager, Glenn Holt, places the time capsule beneath the sidewalk outside the building.
The time capsule sits under the contruction waiting to be buried.
The items for the time capsule are ready to be buried.
Construction workers for the Building 37 foundation piers bury the time capsule.
Building 37 employees and time capsule participants gather for the event.