In more positive news, ground has been broken for the construction of the new "Space Camp Operations Center" next to the Hab. While the name reads like it will be the new home for Space Camp sims, the sign out front reads "A new cyber camp facility for the Space & Rocket Center". I'm awaiting further clarification on the exact purpose for the building, but I'm told it is not a replacement for the aging Hab, and the two buildings will be connected. More on this next week.
In the meantime, I swung by the Rocket Center over the weekend and snapped a pic for you guys.
4-time Space Camp/Academy alumni
1989, 1991*, 1992, 1994
*Right Stuff Award Winner
Nice! I'm looking forward to seeing the progress next month when I'm down there!
Mike Urvand
Callsign: "Babydaddy"
Adult Advanced Space Academy: Expedition 6 10/31-11/05, 2021! Team Magellan
"The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever." - K. Tsiolkovsky
Lots of changes are afoot.
God knows when I'll be there next time, but things will be quite different by whenever that happens...
Skidmark Space Academy: 2012, 2013 and 2014
Advanced Space Academy: 2016 and 2018
Undefeated for winning mission patch designs! Official Space Camp Ambassador
The formal announcement of the SCOC facility was made on Friday:
Construction is already underway on the 40,600 square foot center, which will include a 1,000-seat auditorium, 10 classrooms and laboratories and provide a permanent home for the center’s U.S. Cyber Camp. The exterior of the building is a replica moonscape.
Full story and video flythrough of the new building can be seen here: