The technicians needed to constantly shuttle to and fro on the launch pad, sometimes climbing up and down dozens of times just to adjust a small component.
Meanwhile, the logistics support staff silently backed their colleagues at the front lines from behind the scenes, ensuring the supply of food, drinking water, and medical materials, allowing those at the front to work with intense focus.
In the dormitory area, lights often stayed on deep into the night, with many workers choosing to rest on-site for a few hours to save time, then diving back into their feverish workload.
Some among them didn't mind the fatigue; they were more curious as to why the rush to progress was so exaggerated.
It was all for the project here.
Materials and equipment, originally intended for other projects, were continually transported from NASA headquarters to this place by fleets of military transport aircraft, covering thousands of miles.
