Space Camp, CA

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 9:41 pm

You've all probably read the announcement on the Hab1 home page (if not, you've probably bookmarked the forum and you should go back and read some of the announcements) about the camp in CA possibly reopening. I've been to the Queen Mary. I think I remember the dome and it doesn't strike me as being very large. I think that, combined with having to stay in an old ship, the experience would be quite the same. But camp is camp, right?

Post by **Vincent** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 9:43 pm

I think it would be an interesting experience regardless...

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:41 pm

Well to me no camp would ever be as good as Alabama but space camp is space camp. I hope they can reopen the california camp it would be diffrent but it would still be space camp.

LaRsOnAtRiXkIx · Post by **LaRsOnAtRiXkIx** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 10:59 pm

yeah getting it reopened, regardless of the..sourroundings i guess..is great.
is the CA camp just going to be camp still? like not academy or asa?
proly..i think it would be cool to go in CA. then again, i think not being at the center would really take away from the experience if youve been there before. not having the pathfinder or sleeping in the hab or walking through rocket park would seem really..awkward.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Thu Apr 17, 2003 8:01 am

The impression i got from the article it would still be camp only. They didnt get a whole lot of equipment in the deal and the number oif campers they say they can handle is rather limited compared to Alabama.

Biscuit · Post by **Biscuit** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 11:34 pm

Wow, I can barely believe Cali might be opening again! How exciting! I'm always fearful that Alabama will close one day! This is good news!

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 11:45 pm

Well i mean nothing last forever but i think Space Camp Alabama will still be around for a long time to come. The fact that they are doing all the renovations to the training center is a good sign already that they are doing better. Atleast that seems like a good sign to me.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 11:56 am

I agree, Alabama is not too threatened.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 8:10 pm

Also and i hate to see it happen because of an accident but in some ways the Columbia disaster has renewed some intrest in space exploration which could help space camp. I just with the intrest could be generated in a diffrent way.

Biscuit · Post by **Biscuit** » Wed Apr 23, 2003 11:52 pm

That's true, but I can be the paranoia queen sometimes. I have really bad luck, so with my luck, Alabama would close down and I'd lose my most favorite job in the world forever! But I'm glad to see that's not likely to happen.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Thu Apr 24, 2003 8:22 am

Well even if california never reopens i think alabama will still be around for a long time to come.