{"id":6365,"date":"2014-10-18T19:20:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T02:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/?p=6365"},"modified":"2014-10-18T19:20:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T02:20:21","slug":"local-hidden-gem-nasa-ames-research-center-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2014\/10\/local-hidden-gem-nasa-ames-research-center-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Hidden Gem: NASA Ames Research Center Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"

this morning, a friend sent me a photo of himself inside Hangar One<\/a> (one of the largest freestanding structures on Earth) and i immediately was jealous — and wondered how in the world he got in there. after a bit of digging, it turned out the facility Hangar One is located at, the Ames Research Center<\/a>, is 75 years old this year and was holding an open house<\/a>! as it turns out, another friend (thank you @wintersweet<\/a>!) had tickets she wasn’t going to use and off i went!<\/p>\n

while perhaps not as famous as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/a>*, Ames has a storied past<\/a> (and continues to be NASA’s research center in Silicon Valley), so when you have a geek event in the heart of geek country, it’s bound to be busy. think Disneyland-level crowding (and about the same demographics, kids and all). man, it was a zoo and logistics (transportation, wayfinding, food) were…troublesome…(though they had plenty of portapotties!) but still, a great experience. AND i got to go inside Hangar One myself!<\/p>\n

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Have been waiting forever to be inside Hangar One! #Ames75<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xeQfyB3xCk<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonathan Khoo (@jonk) October 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n