Defendant California Institute of Technology's headquarters, spanning 177 acres and nicknamed “the Lab,” employs over 6,000 people. The Plaintiff’s office and the Voyager team operated out of Building 600, located two miles away. In 1983, Plaintiff Thomas Weeks joined Defendant as an engineer for NASA’s Voyager Project, which explored outer planets using unmanned spacecraft. His work contributed to charting Uranus and Neptune, igniting his passion for space exploration. After leaving in 1990 to pursue filmmaking, Defendant requested Weeks to return in 2000 to lead the Voyager mission, becoming a key expert as the team dwindled to three engineers. Between 2004 and