Star Trekkies inundate NSA Control Room
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 09/16/2013 03:39 PM [ Comments ]
National Security Agency director Keith Alexander created an operations center styled on the bridge of the starship Enterprise from much-loved sci-fi series Star Trek. The center is in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The facility is known as the Information Dominance Center.
The set had been put together professionally by a Hollywood set designer to resemble the bridge of the USS Enterprise, complete with a massive protection screen on the forward wall, computer stations and doors that slide open and closed while making a "whoosh" sound – just like the doors in the TV series.
"Everybody ( Politicians and other VIPs )wanted to sit in the chair at least once to pretend he was Jean-Luc Picard," a retired officer in charge of VIP visits explained to US news outlet PBS.
The original file with the pictures is here (PDF).
It may be inaccessable due to a high volume of trekkies wanting to see the site.
"Everybody ( Politicians and other VIPs )wanted to sit in the chair at least once to pretend he was Jean-Luc Picard," a retired officer in charge of VIP visits explained to US news outlet PBS.
The original file with the pictures is here (PDF).
It may be inaccessable due to a high volume of trekkies wanting to see the site.
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