Houston is still home to NASA 's mission control .
The only missions they control involve flying a souped - up 737 with heat - resistant duct tape and a couple of Commodore 64 computers roughly the distance of home to Dallas , straight up .
Houston is still home to NASA 's mission control , but the only missions they control involve flying a souped - up 737 with heat - resistant duct tape and a couple of Commodore 64 computers roughly the distance of Houston to Dallas , straight up .