Thank you all for your excellent suggestions! I shall be tweaking the packing list with your ideas in mind. By the way, if you are caught out, we do keep a small supply of towels in Trainee Services. When one is not claimed out of lost and found we wash it and put it away for just such a situation. ...

Also, the fact there are no towels, even to buy is lousy...I brought one but I know others who were in the family camp going on did not so had to get a ride to walmart to buy some. On my suggestion several years ago, the gift shop carried some lovely beach towel size towels in Space Camp blue and e...

SpaceCanada wrote:Also, I have to ask, what did they consider 'Canadian' food?

The 'Canadian' menu is Stuffed Meatloaf, Sweet Potato (yams) and Canadian bacon hash, Poutine, green beans and a dinner roll. Yup, poutine!

Being rather OCD, it was seriously bugging me. :D I went into each subject and found 'unread' threads from ages ago. I went to the top right hand side of the highlighted subjects and there is a 'mark all read' selection, so now the pretty colors are gone. We'll see if it remains that way the next ti...

I assumed when I open the forums that the subjects highlighted in yellow (as opposed to blue) would be threads with new comments. This is not so. One thread so highlighted hasn't been used since December 2014. An anomaly, or is there some other significance?

Stay away from the burger place in Decatur though (slugburgers). Those burgers are as nasty as the name! I don't know what the appeal is for some folks.

Well, they did listen to me on one thing. Last summer when I was there was the first time that they didn't provide towels to the campers. I had no advance notice on this and brought no towels with me. Fortunately, they had a few old ones in lost and found that they were able to loan to me and my fe...

What kind of clothes should I pack for weather in early July? Shorts and tees, but bring long pants for E&E. Bring old sneakers that you won't mind abandoning after E&E, as that is Thursday night and rarely are they dry enough to pack up on Friday morning. Bring a large plastic bag to pack ...

I wish I could remember the place we ate at in 1984 and again in '87, that is on the left side of the main road leading in to KSC. It looked like a dive in a strip shopping center, but had rock shrimp to die for! They brought us a tray full (waiter beverage tray), steamed and in the shell with a bow...

Endeavour is taking up a large majority of the center section of Astrotrek (as you can imagine). The MOCR is under construction. Attached to middeck is now a 'Space Lab', to be accessed during flight. It will still be used for trainee missions (mostly Pathfinder teams). Eventually it will be part of...

Wow, that is fantastic news! Any new doors in the plans for this upgrade, street? Some were in horrible disrepair in 2012. I hope they will be repaired as well. Yes, doors should be repaired and standardized. I agree,the slamming doors are horrible! I was just in there a few minutes ago and you can...

We are doing a complete and long needed reno of all of the Hab I rooms! Even the RA rooms are getting a make over. The rooms won't be any bigger, but there'll be new flooring, new ceiling and paint and general sprucing up. It should be done by the end of February and boy, are we excited! Jenn, you'l...

Jen, don't forget to pick up your frame when you stop by Trainee Services. If no one is in the office it is on top of the tall black cupboard by the ladder with your screen name on. Just leave the money on Kathy's desk.

Jenn, we all expect a full report - with photos - soon after you get back! Frankly, I'm dying to hear about a SC experience from someone who had to deal with cold weather. I'd love it if it wasn't nearly as hot in Huntsville as every time when I've gone there... The temps should be back to January ...

Yup, we'll hold your luggage at Trainee Services (aka Camper Services). Kathy should be in there most of the day on Friday, but if the office is empty and unlocked, feel free to stash it under one of the tables and leave a note on Kathy's desk.

Quite frankly, you never know what the weather will be in January! Prepare for cold (highs in the 30s), but bring layers, as sometimes Januarys turn off gorgeous with temps in the 60s! As the old adage goes, if you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes...it'll change!

And don't forget to come by Trainee Services and get your frame! It's sitting there with your name on!

A common fallacy is that this is a job just for 20 somethings. I was in my 40s when I was hired and since then they've hired a number of folks that age and older! If you'd love to do, then do it! It was totally different from anything I'd ever done before and I loved it!

No idea who that was. Sprocket doesn't video grads, so it wasn't us.

For those of you interested in a 2015 camp, the Black Friday-Cyber Monday deal includes a $100 discount off the adult weekend price. As far as I know that could be applied to either 3 or 4 day programs. http://www.spacecamp.com/blackfriday?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_cam...