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- Tue Nov 22, 2016 2:58 pm
- Forum: Counseling Sessions
- Topic: Schollarship questions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9989
Re: Schollarship questions
I don't know how this affects the scholarship process, but when choosing a camp level I would consider the social implications over the academic ones. That is, would you rather be the oldest in your group or the youngest? My opinion is that you'll learn about the same either way, and can always lear...
- Thu Aug 04, 2016 4:13 pm
- Forum: The Hab
- Topic: Orbiter mockup at the old Florida STS departs...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4598
Re: Orbiter mockup at the old Florida STS departs...
I have fond memories of sims in there as well as the Shuttle to Tomorrow film. Glad they're at least planning on putting it to use!
- Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:36 pm
- Forum: von Braun's World
- Topic: Normalization of deviance
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2874
Normalization of deviance
I learned a new phrase yesterday which describes a concept I had always understood (I suspect most of us do in some form or another) but never had a term for. "Normalization of deviance", is when an individual or group becomes accustomed to a deviation (breaking a rule, circumventing a pr...
- Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:32 am
- Forum: The Gift Shop
- Topic: 2015 Hall of Fame Auction Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7955
Re: 2015 Hall of Fame Auction Discussion
Already someone looking for a quote to ship a sign from the auction: http://www.uship.com/shipment/metal-sig ... 424639719/Hotdog wrote:We could have another Sprocket-themed episode of "Shipping Wars" on our hands
http://www.uship.com/shipment/T38-Shuttle/486405778/
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:20 am
- Forum: The Gift Shop
- Topic: 2015 Hall of Fame Auction Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7955
Re: 2015 Hall of Fame Auction Discussion
3. I think they'll later regret getting rid of some of these signs. That large SC sign from the arch by Hab1 would look great mounted on the wall by the hall of fame displays! This. Yes. Kyle (my husband) suggested that the person who gets the big sign should put it back up where it belongs (at the...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:35 pm
- Forum: von Braun's World
- Topic: Book review: Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3263
Book review: Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist
Rocket Girl is the biography of chemist Mary Sherman Morgan. Morgan invented Hydyne, the fuel which propelled several Jupiter C and Juno I rockets and was instrumental in helping the U.S. catch up to the USSR at the beginning of the Space Race. The book is a work of creative nonfiction (i.e. made-u...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:04 pm
- Forum: The Gift Shop
- Topic: 2015 Hall of Fame Auction Discussion
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7955
Re: 2015 Hall of Fame Auction Discussion
I'd list all of the things I want, but I would basically be everything! If only I could figure out a use for that sign…
- Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Hab
- Topic: 100 year old trainee
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2303
100 year old trainee
Here's a fun story about a centenarian who is currently at Camp: http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index ... r_100.html
- Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Hab
- Topic: Family Camp Review
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5321
Re: Family Camp Review
Photographers from Sharpshooter Imaging, the company which takes photos of museum visitors as they enter, took photos of us throughout the weekend. For $50 + tax they would mail a USB stick containing the photos of your family, including the green-screen photo from the museum entrance, and a few sto...
- Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Hab
- Topic: Family Camp Review
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5321
Family Camp Review
Over the weekend of Memorial Day I attende d Space Camp Family Camp and I thought I'd write about it for anyone interested. I'd been looking forward to this trip since my daughter was born and I had a great time sharing my love of Camp with her. Also in my family were my brother-in-law and niece. ht...
- Fri May 29, 2015 9:17 am
- Forum: The Hab
- Topic: Video of Space Camp Florida circa 1998
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3522
Video of Space Camp Florida circa 1998
I uploaded my team tape from my first trip to Camp, in Florida in 1998, and thought I'd share: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flby89539Nw&t=1
I have no idea what's up with the skipping countdown at the beginning, but it was part of the tape and not a transfer artifact.
I have no idea what's up with the skipping countdown at the beginning, but it was part of the tape and not a transfer artifact.
- Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:43 am
- Forum: von Braun's World
- Topic: Soviet Space Dogs
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3679
Soviet Space Dogs
As many of you know I have a particular interest in the early non-human space travelers, and collector's weekly has a great article up about the Soviet space dogs: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/soviet-space-dogs-who-took-giant-leaps-for-mankind/ Through this article I learned of the "...
- Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:53 pm
- Forum: The Hab
- Topic: Tyra Cochren, Space Camp nurse, retiring
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2417
Tyra Cochren, Space Camp nurse, retiring
One year I went to Camp with an injured finger that had to have the dressings replaced every day. A couple different nurses helped me throughout the week, but Nurse Cochren (whose name I actually didn't know until I read this story) was there most of the times and was always a joy to see. Space Camp...
- Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:49 pm
- Forum: von Braun's World
- Topic: Apply for a grant to a trip to space!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2865
Apply for a grant to a trip to space!
Apply for a grant for passage aboard the suborbital spaceflight of your choice in a merit-based contest: https://www.spaceshipearthgrants.com In addition, according to this page , the first 5,000 to create a profile (which I believe is free, though there is a fee to apply for the actual grant) will ...
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:03 am
- Forum: The Gift Shop
- Topic: IMAX gift set on sale at Groupon
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3165
IMAX gift set on sale at Groupon
Your eight favorite large-format space documentaries plus twelve other films in one convenient set for only $35: IMAX Ultimate Collection 20-Disc DVD Gift Set
Re: STA news
I got my keychain a couple of weeks ago.
- Fri Mar 28, 2014 2:23 pm
- Forum: von Braun's World
- Topic: Memories of launching an astronaut on a missile
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2698
Memories of launching an astronaut on a missile
I thought you all might enjoy the letter-to-editor in the March 19th Redstone Rocket, in which Ed Buckbee recalls discussion the human factors of space flight with Alan Shepard.
- Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:28 am
- Forum: International Camp
- Topic: Space Camp Korea
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6580
Re: Space Camp Korea
It doesn't seem like this is happening anytime soon. You may have heard that the ASSEC is suing the potential Korea licensee, Odysseia. ASSEC claims that Odysseia never completed their requirements under the licensing agreements and so any claims to a license are invalid. ASSEC wants to negotiate a ...
- Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:05 am
- Forum: von Braun's World
- Topic: Next-gen NASA spacesuits won't look much like the aquanaut
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5418
Re: Next-gen NASA spacesuits won't look much like the aquana
Not until you pointed it out!p51 wrote:Has anyone else ever noticed that the 'belt' on the spacesuit in new logo looks oddly like the windows of an STS orbiter?
- Fri Feb 07, 2014 7:55 pm
- Forum: von Braun's World
- Topic: Valentina Tereshkova at the Sochi Opening Ceremony
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1899
Valentina Tereshkova at the Sochi Opening Ceremony
Valentina Tereshkova was a flag bearer at the Sochi Olympic Opening Ceremony. A couple of screen caps: https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/1796676_10100290761463508_1362231445_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/1621735_10100290761443548_461994491_n.jpg I ...