DEFINITIONS & HISTORY: CLEANROOMS AND CONTROLLED WORK AREAS

Note that both Federal and International standards will be cited in our course. Why two standards? Well, consider the construction of the International Space Station. With a team of 16 different nations, more than 100,000 people and hundreds of contractors and subcontractors worldwide, the reason is clear. Without the common ground of agreed upon standards, such a vast undertaking would simply not be possible.

View of the Space Shuttle in orbit.
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