Colorado
Broomfield
The other high-altitude office.
Broomfield has mountain views, sensible shoes, and a team that knows the difference between a summit and another meeting.
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The Actual Headquarters, Depending Who You Ask
Life in Colorado.
Broomfield is where the spare keys live. It has no ceremonial status, which is why the other offices call whenever anything needs doing. Dana knows which vendor answers the phone, which badge reader needs a gentle tap, and why the annual report contains a picture of a loading dock.
The mountain view is excellent. The office furniture is fine. The most valuable object is a drawer containing the correct cable for every device Zidea has ever bought in a hurry. A visiting consultant called it a knowledge repository. Dana asked him to put the lid back on the batteries.
Every ambitious company needs a place where someone remembers to order toilet paper. This is ours. When the lunar team needed a replacement latch, Broomfield had the part number before the emergency meeting had a title.
“Yes, we have an adapter. No, that is not our mission statement.”
Dana OrtizKeeper of the Cable Drawer
A day around here.
Check the ordinary things that keep extraordinary things possible.
Lunch. Someone brought enough for everyone.
Label the mystery cable. This is how civilization continues.
Read the unofficial founding document
A receipt for six desks, a kettle, and a door wedge. The door wedge is still in service. The original mission statement is not.
The ISS would like to extend the stapler loan.
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