8-Day Programme in Review!

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:28 pm

I still don't understand why it is called the Christmas Camp if it doesn't include Christmas Day... but alas... the reason I created this thread was to give the newly returned 8-day campers a place to spill their beans. I, and I am sure many others, cannot wait to read all your stories, play-by-plays, and see all the pictures from the lates 8-day programme. Even more, this thread can give everyone a chance to tell stories from the previous 8-day programmes that we couldn't say before and compare the various weeks.

I shall stop typing now so that you can write...

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:27 am

I haven't been able to get the photos up yet, I'm hoping to do so tonight. I had a blast and my team kicked butt. I'm really glad I wasn't on Team Hab 1 because I wouldn't have gotten to hang out with Adam Gittleman!!!

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:29 am

Who is Adam Gittleman?

(Googled his name: Is he the lad who got to talk to the ISS astronauts?)

meg · Post by **meg** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:29 am

yes, he is indeed that lad.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:05 pm

Well I would have liked Adam, but he was mean to our team once. He yelled at Jerry to take us to Robotics!

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:36 pm

Yeah he did say that we should go to robotics RIGHT NOW!!! or not go at all. which i thought was rather demanding considering his non-counselor status.

spacecampaddict28 · Post by **spacecampaddict28** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:39 pm

He got mad at me and Andy in the airport because Andy whispered to me that he is conservative.....

he was like just say it to my face...yes im from the south,...yes im conservative....

I was like...um ok

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:12 pm

Some questions for the recent 8-day graduates:

- Did you get to fly from Houston to KSC using the sims over at AC?
- Did anyone's egg survive?
- Did anyone get to do the bubble helmet SCUBA?
- Who were your counsellors for the week? the EDM?
- Where is this acclaimed 'sims pit'? (I don't even know what the sims pit is!)
- Did you get to build water rockets?
- What EVAs were there in your EDM?

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:29 pm

Space Canada:

-Yes

-Yes! All but benji's team but their eggstronaut had a nice ceremony.

-No

-Atlantis had Jerry/Karey Enterprise had Lenny and someone else that i cant remember. Pretty much everybody there worked on the 24.

-The sims pit is located behind enterprise station which if you arnt familiar with the tcf is located behind discovery/some weird russian name. If you still have no idea what i'm talking about imagine that you're standing at the uat tank looking parallel to enterprise its in the back wall that you're looking at. (i dont know if that helped at all lol)

-We did indeed build water rockets.

-I dont know what evas enterprise did (actually they did the one on the side of station but i dont know what their other on was) but meg and i were the first advanced team to do a new one that smiley just built. It took us 2.5 hours! And thats not cause we were bad either lol. Just cause it was so new... We only did one though becuase 2.5 hours is a long time to be in the suits and another one might have made us die lol.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 7:43 pm

Some photos:

"Benji has the coolest phone ever..."

Me and Meg

Me and the girls

Meg playing "Go Fish" with Southern Belle

Okra

7/10 of my team

admcar222 · Post by **admcar222** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 7:57 pm

Yeah I got to fly from Houston to Kennedy except Sara and I were shot down four times from ground fire at 17,000 20,000 30,000 and 45,000 feet - I guess you can never escape the ground fire! (Especially flying over Texas) Anyway, we never made it and after 3 ejections, they reset us at the Fightertown airport nearby and we took the 12nm trip in record time! As for the sims pit I did not think anything of it, apparently there is some hab1 thing there... I guess I never noticed it. Although the fridge was handy for drinks during the EDM

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:06 pm

More photos:

Johnathan and Toni

Uhhhhhhh....

Sara walking by John, who is carrying Major Woodie

The Original Jew Crew with the Major (Alexis became part of the Crew later)

The Have No's with Woodie

Bravo Station Crew in Liberty

On the mid-deck

Human table with... SCOTT!?!

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:09 pm

Another human table (Scott, fortunately, is in the background)

Denar, Lenny, Chris playing cards

Four square

Toni, freezing her butt of watching four square

Cards

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:12 pm

Me with the Enterprise girls

Hanging out on the stage

Denar, Chris, Gittleman

In Station

Programing our robot

The Semite Squad with decked-out bot

Toni and Alexis

Personal team photo

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:18 pm

Me with Danielle

Me and Gittleman with the Enterprise girls

The New Jew Crew

Happy Hebrews with rocket

Middeck with Charlie crew

Uber Mission Control with Delta MOCT and Lenny

Happy Hebrews and engineering advisors

Happy Hebrews behind blast shield. "Aim High"

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:19 pm

Wow Benji! Interesting team you have there!

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:24 pm

Gittleman assembling rocket. The girls in the background ended up winning the competition.

Happy Hebrews at launch pad

Danielle filing her nails at rocket range

Master rocketeers

Home on the rocket range

MF^2 Rocket

Doc and his wild rocket

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:33 pm

Post-EDM Meet The Press... Doc thought we were running away from him (again)

The King!!!

Me behind some air rockets. From the left, 'Dover's Pocket Rocket', 'Dover's Experiment in Aeronautic F[hmm]ups', and Alexis' 'The Fred'. 'The Fred' was on it's third and final flight. Afterwords, however, it made a great air dart.

D.E.A.F. post-launch

The fuselauge of Dover's Pocket Rocket

Me attempting to arm-wrestle Denar

He's really strong

MF^2 remains after being found the next day

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:35 pm

MF^2 remains

MF^2 search team inspecting the rocket

Me in Enterprise MOCR, covering for Toni (it's fun to talk into two headsets at once)

The crew stragles out of the TCF post-EDM

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:37 am

Thanks for the pictures Benji!

It's nice to see everyone having a good time.

Some comments:
We never did air rockets, although they look fun.
Phil must put propellers atop all of his rockets...
We only ever founf the first stage of 'Lil Teapot', or rocket... we hope our eggstronaut's survival training has kept it alive and safe since...

Space Nerd, what was the 2.5 hour new EVA you mentioned?

I now know where the sims pit is - never knew what that area was called before. We went back there after Graduation for a bit to check it out, but I never saw any Hab1 patches or anything. (Partially because I wasn't looking for one!)

FYI: The EVA on the side of the station was to construct a Canadarm using some harnesses hung from above using cranes so you can move vertically.