All articles tagged with #rubber room
The article exposes the treatment of veteran lawyers at the Justice Department, who are being sidelined into a 'rubber room' with menial tasks and idle time, as part of political retaliation and upheaval following the change in administration, raising concerns about the treatment of civil servants and the impact on government readiness.
NASA built a network of tunnels and bunkers below the launch pads at the Launch Pad 39 Complex in Florida to provide a safe escape route for crews in the event of a Saturn V explosion. The escape process involved a nine-story waterslide, a high-speed elevator, and a rubber tunnel. The crew would then enter the Rubber Room, a domed bunker designed to withstand high levels of force. Thankfully, the rubber room was never needed, and the launch pad is now abandoned.