Mission Controller

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Mission Controller

Background

Mission Controller works at Ground Control at NASA.


During the events of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) played by Frank Miller

Dr. David Bowman and Dr. Frank Poole contact Mission Controller and he okays them going to fix the AE35 Unit. Dr. Bowman goes out in a pod and replaces the old AE35 Unit with a new one. He and Dr. Poole contact Mission Controller who tells them HAL 9000 is in error and they didn't detect any fault in the unit.