Some coworkers could be figuring out how to make safer Orion crew modules. So Cool!

There’s a wide range of conversations on the coworking Google group. On any given day, we see posts from folks looking for advice as they explore opening a new space, announcements of new spaces actually opening (like the brand new Whitespace in Seattle!), discussions on how best to spread the gospel of coworking and more. One of the most popular kinds of posts is what I call the “We’re holding an informal coworking session and anyone who wants to come is invited” post. I love those because it really brings to the forefront the idea that coworking can and does happen anywhere, anytime, for anyone.

Last week, I saw one such post that really caught my eye. It was for a day of coworking taking place in Newport News, VA. on Nov. 14. I’m obviously nowhere near Newport News but the announcement still caught my eye because I really wanted to go, if only to get to talk to the folks who are likely to be there. It’s the first public coworking session organized by a group of people who have been getting together once a week since August. The kicker is that they all work for NASA! That’s right, some of the people who get humanity into space are coworking!

Apparently, a computer scientist at NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) in Hampton, Virginia has a running coworking session where folks working in Public Outreach, Atmospheric and Earth Science, Atmospheric Flight and Entry Systems, and Innovation disucssing what they are working on and working in the same coffee shop each week. And on Nov. 14th, you too can work with folks from NASA and hear about the kinds of things they’re doing! How freaking cool is that?!??!?

Anyway, I am now looking forward to hearing about the first coworking session in space.

I took the image above from the NASA LRC images site. It is credited as: NASA/Sean Smith