Area 51

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 3:48 pm

Good Day All:

I am hoping that someone, particularly counsellors (Vincent?), can help me with this one...

I am compiling a scrapbook of all my photographs and memories from my recent trip to US Space Camp. While I can remember most things, some escape me. (Partially because I never knew in the first place!)

What are the (2004) names of all the 'stations' in Area 51?

I only know of one, the Nuclear Fence.

The five unknown (unnamed) stations are:
- ropes and bucket
- double tubes
- harnesses on a wire
- planks on bricks
- railroad ties

If you would rather PM me, please do!

Thanks heaps.

aerodiver · Post by **aerodiver** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:11 pm

I can tell you what we called them at AC if you want, but I don't know the Space Camp names for them.

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:48 pm

Sure!

Any names are better than no names. If you call one of them the 'Nuclear Fence' then I am sure the others will be similar.

Aside: I never knew Aviation Challenge used Area 51, although it makes perfect sense. Is it used in the Mach III programme?

aerodiver · Post by **aerodiver** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 8:32 am

It was used in the M2 and M3 programs. The M2 had less constraints on time and talking. The main thing that was consistant is if the team did not finish in the allotted time, we went ahead and ended the obsticle and gave feedback on what was going right and wrong.

Well the 2 tubes were called double trouble
harness and wire- saving major woody
planks on a brick- well we never actually had a name for them, we just kind of told the kids that the plane crashed and that's all that was left.

Sorry I wasn't much help.

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:26 am

Thanks for the help. (Any help is better than none.)

I believe the twin tubes was called 'Double Trouble' for the Space Camp too. Funny, that was the challenge for which I was team leader, and I even forget its name!

If anyone else can recall the names for the various stations in Area 51, please let me know.

Thanks!

Who · Post by **Who** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:19 am

Hello!

The five unknown (unnamed) stations are:
- ropes and bucket -- Nuclear/Toxic Waste
- double tubes -- Tubular Trouble
- harnesses on a wire -- (Medical) EVAC
- planks on bricks -- Confused Muse
- railroad ties -- Not sure which one you mean. Could be Group Slalom or Commando Crossing.

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:16 pm

Thanks Who!

The railroad ties were the Commando Crossing one.

aerodiver · Post by **aerodiver** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:47 pm

Who, I think you are one of the only people that can remember all of that!

Who · Post by **Who** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:38 pm

Thanks.

I dont think AC ever had an official name for the lil block/railroad ties you walk across. It was a bridge and your a team of commandos that had to cross it -- so I called it Commando Crossing.

In training we were "told" make up a convincing AC/military story that matches the one for SC. *shrug*