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Article: Local-Area Networking Provides a Boost to Shuttle's Administrative-Support Staff.
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- Communications News
- Article date:
- November 1, 1984
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While local-area networking has proved itself for many corporations by boosting productivity and holding down the cost of doing business, at the Johnson Space Center near Houston, the impact of this office technology extends far beyond a financial bottom line. NASA's Space Transportation System--the space shuttles--involves thousands of engineers, scientists and managers in a commercial venture that's also a matter of international visibility and national pride.
Supporting the space shuttle venture is a sophisticated array of office automation and communications equipment that includes some 100 professional workstations and personal computers linked by 12 Xerox ...