Thanks for posting and sharing the pictures, Lisa! They turned out great!

Re barbecues: My dad (Italian) used to pour gasoline on the charcoal and then use a vacuum cleaner that was wired backwards to blow air onto the flames, often almost seting a tree on fire if we forgot to move the grill back. I was, like, in high school before I realized that you didn't need 20-ft fl...

Oh no - liquid nitrogen is definitely NOT for kids to use - or most adults, for that matter! It's what they use to freeze warts and scars at a dermatologist's office. Drop a rubber ball in it, and you can shatter it with a hammer! You also need a special container to keep it at the proper temperatur...

Well, as usual, I am late - it looks as if about 6 months too late for this thread! But I have read it with interest, being a science geek and all, as well as an educator. Des - it looks as if you have most of your science experiments set (and run) already. However, let me just say for the future, i...

LOL about almost getting left behind at Marshall! I remember that area well. I didn't get left behind, but I remember on one tour they told us how much money was spent on the interior design of the space station - including the psychology of the wall / floor / ceiling colors. Now, let me preface thi...

There was a fatal accident on the 3G - but it occurred when someone left their seat while the ride was in progress, not during a "normal" operation. I heard about in my first years at Space Camp, when the ride was still running, but it happened when the 10 Challenger Teacher-in-Space final...

I agree - I prefer "real" anomalies over the more "soap opera" ones... One of my favorites, although not "wacky," was brought on by a node that was dropped by one of our mission specialists during the construction of a truss. (Note to MS: Never drop things when a counse...

http://www.calsusan.com/fiesta/ImagesPhotos/Hab1-ET-1994.gif http://www.calsusan.com/fiesta/ImagesPhotos/Hab1-ET-1995.jpg http://www.calsusan.com/fiesta/ImagesPhotos/Hab1-ET-1996.jpg OK Rich - I couldn't stand it any longer! Here are the other 3 ET patches - BTW - I fixed the orientation of 1995's ...

Ha-ha - I was in the orbiter when the blew up the PAM. They hit the payload bay / crew cabin wall with a baseball bat and turned off all of our lights!!! We knew it was a "bad thing" that had happened...!

Jason, I am in 100% agreement with you! I think there are probably more trainees than are obvious who might benefit from such a vehicle. Even when I am finally out of my cast, I will never have the stability in that leg that I previously had, and I had trouble in the first place with high steps due ...

LOL about the space sickness "serious" lecture! I am an ex-teacher, but more importantly, a science person. I did a senior biology paper on the physiological effects of weightlessness, so of course space sickness was included. The difference between motion sickness and space sickness all h...

After reading Vincent's latest update on the MSFC tours possibly coming back provided that the ADA is met, I wonder if they would consider a supplementary van as a way of meeting the requirements. Rehabbing a bus would be very costly (you'd need a lift as well as seating capability), as would buying...

At various times, we have sat around and dissected the movie for fun!!! (Not to be mean, just for fun.) I think Rich's list got to be in the 100s. Some of my favorites - when Andie is a little girl watching John Glenn's flight, she watches Friendship 7 shoot across the sky at night ... and he launch...

Oh gosh - I went with an organized tour group out of a travel agency. We came in at night, so the first thing I remember is seeing the Saturn I. It was easy to see because Space Camp was the Bubble (Hab 2) back then - there was no Training Center built yet. I know I felt very excited because I was f...

I think your plane was the same as ours - was it a Embraer? No matter - "We beat you - nah-nah-na-nah-nah!!!" (It's Friday. I think I lost my mind on about Wednesday...) Hope you have settled into "life back home."

Hey Richasi !

Did you see me and Lisa wave to you as our plane passed yours on the tarmack??? We waved from both sides of the plane, so I don't see how you could have missed us...!

Great meeting you. Behave yourself!

Lori.

Well, as long as they were a fellow White Sox fan, then it would be OK...

And I am SO GLAD I was not around when that lady ate the food off of the floor. Incredible YUCK!!! LOL about all of the airline stories here. My only story for this trip was having to call a SECOND Space Camp van because the one that was supposed to get me had already left by the time I got down to ...

I know nothing about Enterprise Team! I'll deny EVERYTHING!!! - Oh wait - it's in my signature, isn't it... Hey Rich - You are missing at least 3 patches that I can tell - the horizontal rectangular blue one, MY PATCH, and the last triangular ET patch. Those are the last three ET sessions, I think. ...