New Area 51

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:43 am

So... I came across this slideshow of pictures the other day. I wasn't originally going to post it, for fear of spoiling the surprise for some, but Vincent said these items are so large they would be hard to miss anyway... and not to mention the chain link fence is see-through, so here it is:

http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/44205. ... 1/overview

The new Area 51 looks wickedly awesome! I'd volunteer to climb and jump several times over and over if I could!

Enjoy!

Deimos · Post by **Deimos** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:39 pm

I know, the new area 51 is wicked awesome. Unfortunately i couldn't do some of it, but it was still realy cool.

jagsvolleyball14 · Post by **jagsvolleyball14** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:16 pm

where is this area 51 at?? is it by the old one or is it in a totally different place?? and which programs do this?? mach III?? ASA?? just wondering... thanks!

Deimos · Post by **Deimos** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:40 pm

jagsvolleyball14 wrote:where is this area 51 at?? is it by the old one or is it in a totally different place?? and which programs do this?? mach III?? ASA?? just wondering... thanks!

It's near AC, it's like right down the street a little ways, a little bit past the rocket launch through that trail thing. I don't know if you have any idea what i'm talking about lol. The programs that use it are, ASA and Mach 3, i think mach 2 might use it also, and maybe just SA, but i'm not positive. You only get to do the low ropes course thogh, unless you're in AC or go for 13 day ASA i believe.

tennisrox014 · Post by **tennisrox014** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:52 pm

OMG! I cannot wait to go now! Only a week until I leave for camp!

Post by **Vincent** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:39 pm

SpaceCanada wrote:The new Area 51 looks wickedly awesome! I'd volunteer to climb and jump several times over and over if I could!

I guess it's time for another trip down to Adult ASA!

coffeediver · Post by **coffeediver** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:35 pm

All I will say is lawsuit waiting to happen. How long until an alcoholically fueled off duty counselor climb up there and breaks their neck?

tennisrox014 · Post by **tennisrox014** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:35 pm

do you ever get excited about anything?

spacy chick · Post by **spacy chick** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:19 pm

Holy cow!!! i used to drive past the space and rocket center and aviation challenge every day and i never noticed it! And now i wont be able to see it until christmas break!

tennisrox014 · Post by **tennisrox014** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:20 pm

i saw the new area 51, but we didnt get to use a lot of it... the parts we used are the same really as the old area 51

Deimos · Post by **Deimos** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:27 pm

tennisrox014 wrote:i saw the new area 51, but we didnt get to use a lot of it... the parts we used are the same really as the old area 51

Yeah, like i said you only get to use the low ropes course, which is the same as teh old stuff. Unless you go for 13 days, that's all you get to do.

tennisrox014 · Post by **tennisrox014** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:49 pm

i don't see the point of building a new low ropes course, because it was the same as the old.

Deimos · Post by **Deimos** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:28 pm

They built it because they're not using the old one anymore, they're tearing ti down to put the saturn 5 there.

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:35 pm

But... the Saturn V is not going there any more... it is going beside the stacked (standing) Saturn V by SpaceShot.

Change is nice though, and the new low ropes course, without a doubt, is as fun or more than the old one!

rycho626 · Post by **rycho626** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:56 pm

they're building a brand new building behind where the saturn 5 is right now to house it in. they relocated the area 51 because there was no shade in the old one and no room to expand

coffeediver · Post by **coffeediver** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:13 pm

rycho626 wrote:they're building a brand new building behind where the saturn 5 is right now to house it in. they relocated the area 51 because there was no shade in the old one and no room to expand

There is NO plans to build where the Saturn V currently rests. The Saturn V is being moved to the west parking lot where it will be housed in a new building.

rycho626 · Post by **rycho626** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:49 pm

w/e then my counselors were wrong.

coffeediver · Post by **coffeediver** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:39 pm

Oh, well I don't know what I'm talking about. I only drive by the big gapping hole where the west parking lot used to be and the sign showing the new building and the construction equipment every flipping day.

Post by **Vincent** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:59 pm

What is "behind," really mean? Does a Saturn V have a front or back? It has a top and bottom, sure, but a front and back?

Further, if I am standing on the far side of the Saturn V, is the West parking lot not behind it?

Or, the Saturn V replica...it's going behind that (if it has a "behind").

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:56 am

Either way, you can see the dig site on the Saturn V webcam. I never thought I could see so much red dirt in one place! It is so mesmerising... especially compared to all the grey and black clay we get around here.

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