Why does NASA mission control ‘lock the doors’ when there’s a tragedy?

Question

Why does NASA mission control ‘lock the doors’ when there’s a tragedy?

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Answer 1

It doesn’t literally mean lock the actually doors so no one is allowed in or out of the room. No doors are actually locked. It means flight controllers aren’t supposed to leave the building and need to start preserving their data and writing up their logbook notes so everything possible can be used in a subsequent investigation.