Why you should go to Space Camp after 20.
Moderator: Vincent
Why you should go to Space Camp after 20.
After reading the graduation topic, I thought I'd list all the "extras" that the adult ASA program has. Since I never went to ASA as a teen, I can't say if they don't have them too, so correct me if I'm wrong. Also, with the financial problems, these may change.
1. Adults are allowed to enter and leave the campus at any time of the day or night. Most teams and their counselors head over to the bar at the Marriott (Oasis?) after the day is over. Several of my teammates regularly got in at 2 a.m. every day!
2. Welcome package- This is a leather briefcase/3-ring binder with an ASA patch which contains: lanyard for badge, spiral-bound logbook, pen, map of Huntsville, brochures.
3. EDM Breakfast- Breakfast on EDM day is steak and eggs (yes, kids! Just like the astronauts!). Steak is there for anyone who wants it, and there are slips of paper with omlete ingredients. You mark what you want and they make it for you to order. And speaking of food...
4. Adults get better food. I'm serious....I asked one of the food service people when they led us away from the kids hamburgers towards the baked chicken..."You guys get better food, they said. I agree. Some things are the same, but there are advantages to age.
5. I'm not sure if ASA does this, but each adult team has a cake made with their patch on it. After they take your picture with it, you can eat. it.
1. Adults are allowed to enter and leave the campus at any time of the day or night. Most teams and their counselors head over to the bar at the Marriott (Oasis?) after the day is over. Several of my teammates regularly got in at 2 a.m. every day!
2. Welcome package- This is a leather briefcase/3-ring binder with an ASA patch which contains: lanyard for badge, spiral-bound logbook, pen, map of Huntsville, brochures.
3. EDM Breakfast- Breakfast on EDM day is steak and eggs (yes, kids! Just like the astronauts!). Steak is there for anyone who wants it, and there are slips of paper with omlete ingredients. You mark what you want and they make it for you to order. And speaking of food...
4. Adults get better food. I'm serious....I asked one of the food service people when they led us away from the kids hamburgers towards the baked chicken..."You guys get better food, they said. I agree. Some things are the same, but there are advantages to age.
5. I'm not sure if ASA does this, but each adult team has a cake made with their patch on it. After they take your picture with it, you can eat. it.
I can honestly say that the youth ASA program gets none of that. I almost wish i had gone to adult ASA i was old enough. But then i think how awesome my team was and i'm glad i went to the youth program.
Jason original callsign Loverboy
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
Jason, don't worry....you'll get there yet if I have to come up there and drag you.
One more thing I forgot to mention....Adults have to obey the PDA rule, too. No men on the women's floor and no men on the women's floor. During the week I went, my team had 3 married couples. After Sept. 11, the staff moved the children over to Hab II, and since it was just us adults left in Hab I, people jumped rooms. The couples got their own rooms, other folks who were fed up with their roommates snoring, got a room alone. It was just the 35 of us and the counselors in the whole building, so no one cared. But those were unusual circumstances. Some of the adults got rooms at the Marriott after they saw what the Hab rooms were like. They walked over every morning for breakfast, but they had be pay extra for the room, of course.
One more thing I forgot to mention....Adults have to obey the PDA rule, too. No men on the women's floor and no men on the women's floor. During the week I went, my team had 3 married couples. After Sept. 11, the staff moved the children over to Hab II, and since it was just us adults left in Hab I, people jumped rooms. The couples got their own rooms, other folks who were fed up with their roommates snoring, got a room alone. It was just the 35 of us and the counselors in the whole building, so no one cared. But those were unusual circumstances. Some of the adults got rooms at the Marriott after they saw what the Hab rooms were like. They walked over every morning for breakfast, but they had be pay extra for the room, of course.
Well be my guest to come drag me down there. As long as your paying for it.
Jason original callsign Loverboy
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
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adult ASA
Adult ASA sounds really cool. I think it might be worth trying in a few years. Hearing about it really helps soften the blow of not being able to go to youth ASA again.
I have been to space camp four times and i hope to go to adult camp when i am over 21.
~Noelle~
~Noelle~
Well were lucky they have an Adult ASA. Its only been a few years since they only had a weekend adult program.
Jason original callsign Loverboy
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
- ISSpaceGirl
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I wish they had a week long adult AC program too. The youth one was alot of fun and id love to go back as an adult but its too expensive for just a weekend.
Jason original callsign Loverboy
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
- LaRsOnAtRiXkIx
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woah..bar..2am..welcome stuff..bar...
i wish i was an adult!
do you get to go to the bar if youre not 21?
hmm....i wana go when immm an adulttt
but i wana go to real space more
ew steak and eggs
i wish i was an adult!
do you get to go to the bar if youre not 21?
hmm....i wana go when immm an adulttt
but i wana go to real space more
ew steak and eggs
-kristina-
april 1 ~ april 6, 2001
space academy - team calypso
april 6 ~ april 11, 2003
advanced space academy - team von braun
april 1 ~ april 6, 2001
space academy - team calypso
april 6 ~ april 11, 2003
advanced space academy - team von braun
- ISSpaceGirl
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you're not allowed into the bar in the Marriott unless you're 21 or older...they even have a sign on the door and everything! But I doubt they enforce it to the letter...LaRsOnAtRiXkIx wrote:woah..bar..2am..welcome stuff..bar...
i wish i was an adult!
do you get to go to the bar if youre not 21?
Last edited by Vincent on Mon Jul 08, 2002 10:04 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Well geesh am i the only one who is old enough to go to the bar?I'm starting to feel old again. And whats wrong with steak and eggs?
Jason original callsign Loverboy
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
- monkeynautt
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Here in Alberta the legal drinking age is 18. I turn 18 in 7 months. Wohoo!
-Laura
ASA:
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Aug 2002 - Shepard
July 2003 - Goddard
Dec 2003/Jan 2004 - Von Braun
May/June 2004 - Enterprise
Alumni SA:
June 2007 - Challenger
July 2009 - Columbia
Counselor:
Summer 2009
Robotics Counselor:
Summer 2010
ASA:
Aug 2001 - Shepard
Aug 2002 - Shepard
July 2003 - Goddard
Dec 2003/Jan 2004 - Von Braun
May/June 2004 - Enterprise
Alumni SA:
June 2007 - Challenger
July 2009 - Columbia
Counselor:
Summer 2009
Robotics Counselor:
Summer 2010
Lucky you monkeynautt here in the states you have to be 21. Ofcourse i'm 23 so its no problem for me.
Jason original callsign Loverboy
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
- monkeynautt
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It depends were you are. In B.C. it's 19 and out east it's either 19 or 21. Alberta has the lowest drinking age.
-Laura
ASA:
Aug 2001 - Shepard
Aug 2002 - Shepard
July 2003 - Goddard
Dec 2003/Jan 2004 - Von Braun
May/June 2004 - Enterprise
Alumni SA:
June 2007 - Challenger
July 2009 - Columbia
Counselor:
Summer 2009
Robotics Counselor:
Summer 2010
ASA:
Aug 2001 - Shepard
Aug 2002 - Shepard
July 2003 - Goddard
Dec 2003/Jan 2004 - Von Braun
May/June 2004 - Enterprise
Alumni SA:
June 2007 - Challenger
July 2009 - Columbia
Counselor:
Summer 2009
Robotics Counselor:
Summer 2010
Well ofcourse the legal drinking age up there wont hekp you at adult ASA.
Jason original callsign Loverboy
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
- ISSpaceGirl
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True and frok what i've heard alot of bars in Huntsville done even bother checking ID. That was from someone who lives there and works at the space and rocket center. I don't know about the Marriotts bar they might but he says some dont.
Jason original callsign Loverboy
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
- monkeynautt
- Counselor
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- Joined: Fri Mar 08, 2002 2:20 pm
- Location: Alberta, Canada
Back on topic.....
It would be cool to go through camp as an adult. You'd have more freedom but still all the fun!!! (You could be a kid again)
It would be cool to go through camp as an adult. You'd have more freedom but still all the fun!!! (You could be a kid again)
-Laura
ASA:
Aug 2001 - Shepard
Aug 2002 - Shepard
July 2003 - Goddard
Dec 2003/Jan 2004 - Von Braun
May/June 2004 - Enterprise
Alumni SA:
June 2007 - Challenger
July 2009 - Columbia
Counselor:
Summer 2009
Robotics Counselor:
Summer 2010
ASA:
Aug 2001 - Shepard
Aug 2002 - Shepard
July 2003 - Goddard
Dec 2003/Jan 2004 - Von Braun
May/June 2004 - Enterprise
Alumni SA:
June 2007 - Challenger
July 2009 - Columbia
Counselor:
Summer 2009
Robotics Counselor:
Summer 2010
Well maybe we should all try to go to adult ASA together as a team that woud be cool. Ofcourse we would have to wait a few years.
Jason original callsign Loverboy
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador