OMG IM GOING BACK

LaRsOnAtRiXkIx · Post by **LaRsOnAtRiXkIx** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 5:28 pm

HOLY WOW
hahaha..im so happy im almost crying.. ok my dad just got off the phone with the travel agency and space camp before that....and YEAH
im going to advanced space academy from april 6-11 2003!!!
whee! ive wanted to go back since i came back from academy in april of 2001!!! wow! like the other day i asked him if i could seriously go again and he said hed think abou t it then he came up to me today and gave me the credit card and told me to get him the phone numbers..dates..etc. whee! im guna do the mission specialist track. omg im so excited...im going that week because a few people from my team last time are. ahh so hyper.
its actually really soon!! last time i went, i was registered soo far in advance. but now dont have to wait as long.. hehe!
oh, do they let you use flight suits? or should i buy a new one? lol, i bought one when i went to academy and never wore it..and now sadly it doesnt fit anymore. the sleeves are ridiculously short and its tight in..some places..lol. yeah.
im kinda scared to fly allll alone like without a friend or anything..but oh well it will be fun!!
ohmigosh..i just cant believe im actually going back!!! whee!!

Post by **Vincent** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 6:01 pm

Congratulations! I hope your first time at ASA goes wonderfully, and may it not be your last time at ASA!

To answer your question, they will give you a flight suit to wear during your missions, team picture, etc., but if you want one to take home, you'll need to buy one. On the upside, they have the royal blue flight suits now instead of the old, 80's style powder blue flight suits.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 7:16 pm

Thats so great can i go too? ill ride in your suitcase if i have to.

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 8:22 pm

As you all know, I'm from western Canada. I asked my mom when she was going to book my plane ticket for when I go in July and she said that is Bush goes to war with Iraq I won't be going. I understand why she says this but there is no way I would ever cancel my space camp trip. I went last year by myself after 9/11 and I really don't she a big risk in me going this year. If i don't go this summer I won't be able to go for at least foru more years because I start university. I can only hope I can go no matter what. I am pretty sure I will be able to convice her to let me go. Space Camp is a safe place and I don't think anything will happen to me there. Only time will tell but we have to book soon otherwise the plane tickets get very expensive. Last year we booked the plane ticket 5 months in advance and I leave 5 months from tomorrow.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 8:29 pm

Well i hope you can go monkeynautt. I'm glad that when i went i never had to worry about things like that. Although i did have to deal with tight security in 96 when i went through Atlanta only a month before the olympics.

LaRsOnAtRiXkIx · Post by **LaRsOnAtRiXkIx** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 8:55 pm

ahh monkeynaut thats awful!
stupid war

hopefully you can still go! grr to you mom.
i was really surprized with how cheap my plane was, it was like 100 cheaper than the last time i went, and i had gotten those tickets long in advance. maybe cuz i got them directly from delta instead of the travel people. i duno.
you go almost exactly 3 months after me. whee

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 8:58 pm

Take me with you please. I wont take up much room. Just put a couple air holes in the suitcase and make sure you get the big locker.

LaRsOnAtRiXkIx · Post by **LaRsOnAtRiXkIx** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 9:58 pm

LB206 wrote:Take me with you please. I wont take up much room. Just put a couple air holes in the suitcase and make sure you get the big locker.

haha sure, i can have 2 check-ins but i only need one really..if you can squeeze yourself into something no bigger than 62"x62"x62" and weigh less than 50 pounds..youre in! haha.
i hope they dont lose you though!
ahh id cry if they lost my bags. they wont though. cuz id cry..and people hate to make me cry

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 10:03 pm

Ok guess i'll have to speed up work on that shrink ray i've been working on.

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 4:34 pm

I'll just have to convice her I can go. I'll be 18 (my birthday is on Sunday. I'm going to the bar!

). Nothing happened during the Gulf War so I should be fine. I can't image having to cancel the trip. We booked it back in September so we could get the $200 off. I've been looking forward to it ever since. Back after my first trip I thought I'd never get to go back. Now after this summer I will have done all the positions. It is the most fun I have ever had!!!!!

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 5:56 pm

Lucky you. Although i only went to ASA once i was glad i got a chance to experiabce as many of the programs as i possibly could. Each one was unique in its own way. Although i do wish i could have gone to ASA atleast one more time but i probably would have gone as a pilot again. There is just something about being in one of the top positions on the crew or in MOCR.

Benji · Post by **Benji** » Wed Feb 05, 2003 12:06 pm

I'm hoping to go to ASA for a few weeks this year so can try the other tracks. I'm also hoping to win the lottery.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Wed Feb 05, 2003 3:25 pm

True money is the biggest thing thaty kept me from going more than i did and is the reason their was always atleast 2 years between trips. If i could have i would have gone every year even if it meant going to some programs more than once. Space Camp was such a great experiance.

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Wed Feb 05, 2003 5:09 pm

To go last year I used my car money and to go this year I'm using my graduation money. If i didn't I would have only gone once. Also, i took advantage of discount tuition for last year and this year.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Wed Feb 05, 2003 5:21 pm

Guess i was lucky that someone else paid for my first 3 trips to space camp. The 4th time i had to pay for half but it was definately worth it.

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Wed Feb 05, 2003 5:32 pm

The exchange between the Canadian and American dollar is what makes it expensive. Also, I'm in a family of 4 kids so my parents can't send me to camp and do nothing for my brothers. It wouldn't be fair. The "I'm the only girl thing" doesn't work on them.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Wed Feb 05, 2003 5:40 pm

Well if i had to rely on my parents i wouldnt have been able to go. My dad couldnt of afforded it. I might have been lucky to go once if i earned all the cost on my own. Which wouls have most likely only meant one trip. But thankfully i had a generaous grandmother who paid my way.

LaRsOnAtRiXkIx · Post by **LaRsOnAtRiXkIx** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 9:28 pm

heyy everyone!
i just felt like posting cuz no one has been lately and IM LEAVING TOMORROW MORNING!!
ahh its so funny, last time, the day before i went we had a huge snow storm and got a snow day and lost power. and now today, theres 8 fresh inches out there now, i didnt have school, its still snowing and is soposed to turn to ice and its guna be yuckkyyy tomorrow. i just reallly hope my flight doesnt get canceled. its soposed to be freezing rain in manchester (where im flying from) until 3ish, and im soposed to take off at 145 so we'll see.
im sooo excited though! i cant believe in less than 24 hours ill be down there agin.
well..i'll be home in the weee morning hours of the 12th, like at 2 am, so ill post again later that day. and ill scan a buncha pics and put them on my webpage. im bringing 4 rolls of film, 25 exposures on each, haha i hope thats enough. i want a LOT of pictures. of like everything.
have a good week everyone!

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 10:01 pm

Well arent you lucky. Hope you have a great time i'm sure you will. As it gets closer i keep thinking about how excited i was 10 years ago when i was getting ready to go to Space Academy Level 1 in April of 93. It was going to be my second trip and i just couldnt wait. And trying to get through school those last couple of weeks before my trip were torture. Well see you in a week and if you can take all of the pictures on the 4 roles so we who are left behind can see them.