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of the updated TCF are coming soon.

I think I speak for everyone here when I say we all eagerly await them!

Dont get me wrong the diagram of the new training center looks great but i do have one concern. Whats happened to Columbia, discovery, and endeavour they are no longer in the picture at all. Are they going to completely eliminate them and if so can Intepid, Atlantis, and Enterprise cover the regular shuttle missions for all of the space camp programs? Its also great that they eventually plan to bring back the 24 hour missions and that the simulators will comply with the Americans with dissabilities act.

Well, as posted some time previously, Columbia is gone!

As for Endeavor and Discovery, well, I'm guessing that those are the ones labeled "Deep Space Adventure," but I have yet to confirm this.

you hit it on the head Vincent. Both will be converted and used for Deep Space travel

Ok i thought that miught be the case. So what programs are going to use what simulators now? I'm assuming camp and academy wont just be doing the deep space missions. I know Atlantis has been used for academy for many years and without atlantis and discovery for regular missions that leaves atlantis the only one for academy. And which one will camp now use without columbia? just out of curiosity. My concern was that 1 simulator per program for regular missions might not be enough in the busier months.

I would read the press release again -- especially the software part. That should give you an idea...

Well i reread the press release and i didnt see anything i hadnt seen before and to me it really doesnt answer the questions i posted above. The only thing the press release said about the software was it was being improved.

If someone who has whole lot of computers comes up to you on the street... (in my case fly) and says...

I am going to make...
"Additional improvements include new computer equipment and more advanced software for the shuttle simulators and mission control areas as well as constructing more advanced mission control rooms."

Wouldn't you kinda think that I was doing it to all the computers... I mean I would want them to all be up to date and .... interchangeable for all my users.... hint hint... lol

If I'm reading (and hearing) all of this correctly, it seems like what they're going to have will be like a spacefaring community with everyone using the same systems at the same time. In other words, Space Camp kids might be using the deep space sims while teens are doing a mission with Enterprise and they'll both use ISS at the same time. If everything is interconnected and interchangeable between levels, then the groups will be able to at least speak to one another in passing. Before, it was just your group and what ever sim you were using at the time. You didn't pay attention to what other teams/levels were doing. I think it all sounds wonderful! Wouldn't it be cool to have a massive multi-program mission when they get everything up and running? SC, AS and ASA could all work together.

thank you kemara now it makes more sense see thats all you had to say.

Reading about the renovations makes me so excited!!!! I can't wait until I go in July. It will be so awesome to use the new mocr and be in the station. The station was may favorite part of my mission. I can;t wait to see pictures of it and go there myself!!!!

Well dont forget to take losts of picvtures for us monkeynautt and try to remember as many changes as possible so you can tell us all about them.

I just hope when i go in a couple of weeks that the changes/construction wont interfear. that would be a real bummer.

Well they seem to be doing it in phases so to me it looked like atleast phase 2 would be done or near complete by then i dont know if they will start phase 3 with so little time left though.

ISSGIRL PERSOn.... when are you going? Christmas? if you are message me here, you might be on my team.

Jason.. Columbia had not been used in a LONG time when I was there in 2k1 counseling. SC was using INTREPID.

I will take MANY pictures and post them as soon as Possible!!!!

JASON

Well someone had said that Intrepid was being used for camp once before we just had never had confirmation of that i guess we do now.

In space it is dark for aprox. 45 min.
hint

Well since most if not all of us have been to some space camp program atleast once i would hope we would all know that.