2006-12-27 18:04:44 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Because the flights are controlled from the Houston Mission Control center. More specifically, the flight of Apollo 13 was and that is where this particularly famous phrase comes from.
2006-12-27 18:05:52 · answer #1 · answered by Star 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
'Houston' is the location of the NASA Johnson Manned Space Flight Center; this is the control center for all US manned space flights, after launch phase.
Astronauts use the name 'Houston' for their home or base. BTW, almost all of them live in or near Houston, TX.
2006-12-27 18:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by artaxerxes-solon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the control center is in Houston.
2006-12-27 18:06:26 · answer #3 · answered by Charlie Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because one of the two major space stations are in Houston. The other is in Port Canaveral, FL just outside of Cocoa Beach, FL and about an hour away from Orlando, FL. Can you imagin if the command center was in Port Canaveral,FL and they said, "Port Canaveral, we have a problem"?
Lastly, that line is from the movie Apollo 13. The situation was, there was a problem, the command center was in Houston, and the whole thing may have just been fabricated to sound cool in the movie. I don't know if it happened, but Tom Hanks sounded cool saying it.
2006-12-27 18:14:11 · answer #4 · answered by Phat Kidd 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Houston is Base for Ground Control to Major Tom, David Bowie on youtube.com mars
2006-12-27 18:40:47 · answer #5 · answered by CAPTAIN NEMO 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they are up in the air the control center that commands them and watches over everything is in Houston, Texas. Mission control is there.
2006-12-27 18:06:52 · answer #6 · answered by Zanik99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NASA Control is in Houston, Texas. Better to say "Houston" than Petaluma.
2006-12-27 18:12:22 · answer #7 · answered by Donald W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were talking to the people in NASA in Houston, Texas.
2006-12-27 18:08:28 · answer #8 · answered by Enoch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because during the flight, they are communicating with their ground and mission controllers in Houston, TX
2006-12-27 18:06:18 · answer #9 · answered by Mike G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Appollo 13 crew was in contact with radio control OPS at Houston when the Crew realized they were in trouble.
2006-12-27 18:09:34 · answer #10 · answered by d4d9er 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋