Theresa Haygood worked at Kennedy Space Center, sewing small, quilt-like blankets using glass thread and special heat-resistant cloth. The thermal blankets protected the shuttles during re-entry to the earth's atmosphere.
Now that the space shuttle program is coming to an end, she's looking for a new job. But it's interesting to see the crazy and unexpected ways that sewing (and even quilting) intersect with fields I never would have imagined. Quilting for rocket science. Hmmm.
The full article, Crafting Shuttles: Labor of Love, Vanishing Art can be found here.
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