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Aperture Sceince is a scientific research company founded by [[Cave Johnson]]. Portal and Portal 2 take place in Aperture Science's Enrichment Center, which is dedicated to endlessly testing the Aperture Science products and the humans that use them. | Aperture Sceince is a scientific research company founded by [[Cave Johnson]]. Portal and Portal 2 take place in Aperture Science's Enrichment Center, which is dedicated to endlessly testing the Aperture Science products and the humans that use them. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Aperture Science was founded as Aperture Fixtures in the early 1940s by Cave Johnson. Aperture Fixtures was primarily dedicated to the manufacture and distribution of shower curtains {{N}} a low-tech portal between the inside and outside of a shower {{N}} with Cave Johnson winning the "Shower Curtain Salesman of 1943" award. | [[File:Underground trophycase newspaper.png|right|150px|thumb|Newspaper reporting the purchase of the salt mine]] | ||
Aperture Science was founded as Aperture Fixtures in the early 1940s by Cave Johnson. Aperture Fixtures was primarily dedicated to the manufacture and distribution of shower curtains {{N}} a low-tech portal between the inside and outside of a shower {{N}} with Cave Johnson winning the "Shower Curtain Salesman of 1943" award. Some time between 1943 and 1947 the company's name was changed to "Aperture Science". While this was initially done to make their shower curtains sound more hygienic, the company's focus would indeed soon shift to actual science. Cave Johnson purchased a large, abandoned salt mine in Upper Michigan in which Aperture Science's Enrichment Center would be built. | |||
Throughout the late 1940s and the 1950s, Aperture Science would begin its comprehensive testing and research practices. The best possible test subjects, the likes of Olympians, astronauts and war heroes. They were also the second largest contractor after [[hl2:Black Mesa|Black Mesa]] for the Department of Defense from 1952 to 1954. Aperture's developments in this period included [[Gels#Repulsion_Gel|Repulsion Gel]], the [[Weighted Storage Cube]], [[1500 Megawatt Super Colliding Super Button]] and the [[Portal Gun|Aperture Science Portable Quantum Tunneling Device]], an early and significantly larger version of the modern Portal Gun. | Throughout the late 1940s and the 1950s, Aperture Science would begin its comprehensive testing and research practices. The best possible test subjects, the likes of Olympians, astronauts and war heroes. They were also the second largest contractor after [[hl2:Black Mesa|Black Mesa]] for the Department of Defense from 1952 to 1954. Aperture's developments in this period included [[Gels#Repulsion_Gel|Repulsion Gel]], the [[Weighted Storage Cube]], [[1500 Megawatt Super Colliding Super Button]] and the [[Portal Gun|Aperture Science Portable Quantum Tunneling Device]], an early and significantly larger version of the modern Portal Gun. | ||
By the 1970s, Aperture Science was financially unstable. The test Olympians, astronauts and war heroes used as test subjects were replaced with vagrants who were paid $60 for their time. Aperture Science would continue its research and created [[Gels#Propulsion_Gel|Propulsion Gel]] | By the 1970s, Aperture Science was financially unstable. The test Olympians, astronauts and war heroes used as test subjects were replaced with vagrants who were paid $60 for their time. Aperture Science would continue its research and created [[Gels#Propulsion_Gel|Propulsion Gel]] | ||