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by p51
Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:20 pm
Forum: The Hab
Topic: 2019?
Replies: 72
Views: 46171

Re: 2019?

The STS sims are Space Camp to more than one generation of people. It would kill me if they removed all of them, especially Enterprise. Maybe someday if there's something tangible and real going to space (as in, after we have landed on the Moon again) and not theoretical, they'll take the orbiter si...
by p51
Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:18 pm
Forum: The Gift Shop
Topic: An ISC Patch Popped Up on ebay
Replies: 2
Views: 5362

Re: An ISC Patch Popped Up on ebay

Wow, I didn't know about this (so if you lost, it wasn't to me). I would have bid on it if I'd known, though...
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by p51
Fri Jul 05, 2019 5:07 pm
Forum: The Hab
Topic: 2019?
Replies: 72
Views: 46171

Re: 2019?

The FFT in Seattle was just used for ground training (I assume for strapping in and emergency egress training). There were no sims ever hooked up to it and the museum there didn't get one of the actual STS sims. :( I think I read somewhere that one of the STS motion sims from Houston was given to a ...
by p51
Thu Jun 27, 2019 4:28 pm
Forum: The Hab
Topic: Smithsonian @ Space Academy
Replies: 4
Views: 3442

Re: Smithsonian @ Space Academy

Just slap the name, "Smithsonian" onto the "train with an astronaut" Adult academy and charge much more. Heck, my wife and I took a non-space-related trip to Colorado earlier this month through a local tour company and I recommended they do a Space Camp trip almost exactly like t...
by p51
Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:19 pm
Forum: The Hab
Topic: 2019?
Replies: 72
Views: 46171

Re: 2019?

I have to be honest, and I can't believe I'm even thinking this, much less writing it, but unless I hear definitive proof that the adult program content has improved, I just don't see me going back anytime soon. I have watched the quality of the adult program slowly diminish the last two times I hav...
by p51
Tue May 21, 2019 2:15 pm
Forum: The Hab
Topic: 2019?
Replies: 72
Views: 46171

Re: 2019?

I am going to go on a wee bit of a rant here. The adult camp page talks about learning what it takes to be an astronaut. Yet can you really do that in a one hour mission? That's barely enough time for a launch and landing, much less on orbit operations. The last time I participated in a one hour sh...
by p51
Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:02 pm
Forum: von Braun's World
Topic: Informal space science education thread
Replies: 56
Views: 64498

Re: Informal space science education thread

Yeah, OK-1K1 (the only flown Buran) got crushed in it's hangar in a winter storm. A few Roscosmos employees died in the collapse as well as I understand. There was never any real plans to display the Buran anywhere, sadly. Russia doesn't have a museum on the level of Smithsonian Air & Space muse...
by p51
Wed Feb 06, 2019 1:54 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: "First Man" movie, who's going to see it the opening weekend?
Replies: 8
Views: 12774

Re: "First Man" movie, who's going to see it the opening weekend?

Jennifer, I can't disagree with your take on the film. I saw it in IMAX and the grainy hand held shots were almost impossible to watch in that format, but it made the Crystal clarity of the Moon scenes that much more impressive by comparison. It's a good movie on DVD or BluRay, as you can skip to th...
by p51
Fri Jan 25, 2019 5:26 pm
Forum: SpaceCamp (The Movie)
Topic: Lego movie voice actors go to Space Camp
Replies: 7
Views: 9243

Re: Lego movie voice actors go to Space Camp

BTW, I thought handing out a Right Stuff Award just cheapened it further. It's not a Medal of Honor. I know plenty of people who consider the Right Stuff Award to be sort of a joke anyway, either given to the 'cool kid' in the team or the one with a sob story. I understand that they paid a $2,500 l...
by p51
Mon Jan 21, 2019 8:49 am
Forum: SpaceCamp (The Movie)
Topic: Lego movie voice actors go to Space Camp
Replies: 7
Views: 9243

Lego movie voice actors go to Space Camp

This apparently was on last night, did anyone see it?
https://whnt.com/2019/01/17/hollywood-s ... untsville/
by p51
Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:24 pm
Forum: The Hab
Topic: 2019?
Replies: 72
Views: 46171

Re: 2019?

My wife and I will be going to a 3 day Adult Space Academy in May. Due to a job change and other things going on career wise there is no way we could do it on our actual anniversary so this was as close we could get. (Which was only a couple weeks early anyways). It was a mutual gift we bought for ...
by p51
Wed Jan 02, 2019 8:12 pm
Forum: The Hab
Topic: 2019?
Replies: 72
Views: 46171

2019?

Happy new year!
Who's planning on Space Camp this year?
by p51
Fri Dec 07, 2018 7:07 pm
Forum: SpaceCamp (The Movie)
Topic: Movie patch, real or replica?
Replies: 29
Views: 39098

Re: Movie patch, real or replica?

Out of curiosity, was this patch used or not used? (Pin holes from stitching, wear, etc?) I could not quite tell from the photos. It's stretched slightly, so I'm not 100% sure it was never sewn to anything. It doesn't look as fresh as a patch that never saw the sunshine on a garment at some point. ...
by p51
Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:29 pm
Forum: The Hab
Topic: 2018
Replies: 89
Views: 77542

Re: 2018

The initial Hoot Camp generated a lot of excitement and interest. It was a great value for its price yet there was no way that there was going to be another loss leader like that. I feel that it led to inflated expectations at USSRC regarding future adult attendance and for possible attendees regar...
by p51
Thu Nov 29, 2018 5:55 pm
Forum: The Hab
Topic: 2018
Replies: 89
Views: 77542

Re: 2018

My wife has offered to let me pick out a trip for us next year for my 50th birthday. Not a chance could I pick SC for that as she would be along and although I think she'd like most of it (especially the problem-solving), the silly parts of space ghosts and the "hit the ground running without a...
by p51
Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:44 pm
Forum: First Timers
Topic: Space Camp Benefits!
Replies: 5
Views: 8182

Re: Space Camp Benefits!

Space Camp isn't as 'serious' as many think it is, in my opinion. I think it's halfway between a serious thing and a chance to go goof off with people your age. I would strongly suggest going to Space Camp while you are young. You will get so much more out of it . You will learn to work as a team wi...
by p51
Thu Nov 22, 2018 3:22 pm
Forum: SpaceCamp (The Movie)
Topic: Movie patch, real or replica?
Replies: 29
Views: 39098

Re: Movie patch, real or replica?

I also was an active bidder on that patch. It is a great piece! thanks, I actually got a second offer on it, which leads me to believe that either they had two of them, or the person who won backed out. I have curtailed my space camp collecting, for the most part, but this was the one thing I wasn'...
by p51
Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:15 pm
Forum: SpaceCamp (The Movie)
Topic: Movie patch, real or replica?
Replies: 29
Views: 39098

Re: Movie patch, real or replica?

Okay, whatever that previous one was, I'm 99.999999% certain I have a real "Spacecamp" movie patch now! 8O
It didn't come cheap, but I've compared it to the known movie ones online and it matches perfectly.
by p51
Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:03 pm
Forum: The Hab
Topic: 2018
Replies: 89
Views: 77542

Re: 2018

However, I feel that a majority of people come to camp and get pumped up to do missions, not engineering and programming. It is very sad that missions are such a small part of camp when they used to be the majority. I am with you in that I'd rather spend time on the sims, and I bet for groups like ...
by p51
Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:20 pm
Forum: The Hab
Topic: 2018
Replies: 89
Views: 77542

Re: 2018

5 hours total mission time...<SMH> Speaking for myself, if I knew that we would only get 5 hours mission time for a "week" (really a 4 1/2 day) long program, I might not register in the first place. No wonder they keep a tight lid on activity details beforehand... I can't disagree with yo...