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I heard through the grapevine that there are some MAT upgrades in the works. The person mentioned a dual unit where you sit side by side with another person. That sounds great and all and will speed up the training time but I think this would be a better option - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ouxhqz7Y7w

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Ha! Well, you could fit the whole team on there. Might be a team building experience. The whole side-by-side thing though would certainly preclude your stomach from being the center of gravity, which the instructors say keeps your from getting nauseous. Two people back-to back might work better. As for the whole group.....I guess the one in the center won't puke but the instructors might not want to wait below. :mrgreen:
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I can't open the link you put in, but a side-by-side MAT doesn't seem like much of an improvement, in that a trainer can't fully monitor two people in a moving MAT at the same time, whether it's two of them or one big one...
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For some reason the video went away - here is another link to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ouxhqz7Y7w
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Re: MAT upgrades

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Space Camp was at Global Finals 2015 (whatever that is!) and they showed the new MAT.

I didn't know what to make of it at the time--and I still don't--so it hasn't made the front page!

Here's a photo:

https://twitter.com/SpaceCampBoss/statu ... 7659550720
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Wow, what an odd design. It makes more sense to me now about getting more people through it. I thought they were side-by-side.
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I'm not sure what to make of the MAT 2.0 either. It's not a new design, exactly, as similar ones have been used in science centres for a while.

Apparently the former Space Camp-type training area at KSC has/had one:
http://www.preservewellington.org/2013/ ... ce-center/

Strategic Aire and Space Museum has/had one:
http://willfjohnston.com/2011/07/08/hum ... ope-video/
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