NASA mission control average age 26: how young teams changed the world
sahilypatel · x · 2026-08-09
A tweet lists the average ages of teams behind historic projects: NASA mission control at 26, Manhattan Project employees at 31, original Macintosh team and Xerox PARC researchers both under 30. The author argues that giving young people real responsibility can change the world.
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