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I need to convince my parents that the 12-day program will be "worthwhile" and not all the same thing and stuff, yet I haven't really heard much about it...

So what's going to be different? Has anyone heard? I really need to convince my parents, as this will be my last summer being old enough...

It will be different. They dont just repeat the same things over and over again. It will be like an extension of 8 day and trust me it was very different.

True, very true... I was there for 8-day... but they don't believe that they can come up with 4 more days of additional new stuff... does anybody know exactly what they are planning?

I don't know anything official, but some things I would add would be...

- more briefings on things like Russian Language (for the Soyuz module), Mission Control positions (more in depth), orbiter evacuation procedures, orbiter in-flight repair procedures, future missions to the Moon and Mars
- Land survival training (with practical application at AC)
- water survival training (with practical application at AC)
- more flight training at AC for the pilots (with more robotics/engineering stuff for MSs)
- a longer EDM
- longer mini-missions
- different/more guest speakers
- design a Moon/Mars mssion or a Moon/Mars base

I can definitely see how they could expand the programme from 8 to 12 days. I could even see a camp go for four weeks or more if they included a 7-day EDM! (The ideas in my brain are endless...)

Haha... wow, a 7-day EDM... that'd take a lot of special arrangement, for sure... if they could manage to not charge too much (which I'm already having a problem with on 12-day, anyway), then that would be sweet! The other things you say would make sense, though...

I emailed Michael Flachbart, and he's going to have a member of the development team email me with some details, though they are keeping some a secret for the surprise factor, like last year.