Mar04

It’s a Blast from the Future, George!

by Vincent on March 4th, 2001 at 2:41 pm
Posted In: Space Camp Artifacts

This auction, currently running on eBay, has a Jetsons cereal box from 1990 with a promotional ad offering a free trip to Space Camp.

The box is from 1990 (I didn’t even know there ever was a Jetsons cereal, let alone as recent as 1990).

The auction price is currently at $4.95.  While I did plan to buy it so I could post scans of the back (assuming there’d be a full-blown Space Camp promo on it), I really can’t justify spending even five bucks for the thing, so you’ll have to make do with this very small picture the seller posted.

Jetson's Cereal Box

Mar02

NASA to Cancel X-33 and X-34 Projects

by Vincent on March 2nd, 2001 at 5:15 pm
Posted In: Space and Science Related

Due to technical difficulties, NASA has decided to no longer invest any additional funds above the approx. $1 billion they’ve already spent funding two new shuttle projects.

It’s really sad to see the X-33 project, which was to eventually spawn the Venture Star (and which was also supposed to have had a test flight in 1999), get canceled.

At Space Camp, one of the things they always spoke of (as of late) was the exciting new changes coming to our space program…

On the other hand, this means they can probably go another twenty years or so without having to replace all of their simulators…

Further details on this story can be found at Space.com.

Feb25

An Ad I Saw at Taco Bell

by Vincent on February 25th, 2001 at 5:41 pm
Posted In: General Musings

I was eating dinner at Taco Bell last night and on the paper insert on my tray was an ad from the National Kidney Foundation featuring the space shuttle with the slogan, “About the only vehicle we can’t accept.”  The ad is trying to get people to donate their vehicles to the NKF.

Now, a shuttle is worth several billion dollars.  If someone had one to give, I assure you, they’d take it.

Still…I thought it was pretty funny…especially considering it came from Taco Bell!  Enjoy!

Taco Bell Tray Ad

Feb14

I’m Still Alive!

by Vincent on February 14th, 2001 at 5:48 pm
Posted In: Hab1 News

No, your intrepid webmaster isn’t dead!

I know this site hasn’t been updated for some time, but let me assure you that that’s true in appearance only…sort of…

I’m currently spending most of the time I have to work on this site working on the CamperFinder project.

It’s coming along alright, but it’s probably going to be a few weeks before it gets even close to done (if all goes well, at least).

Feb04

Archives Section Updated Again (and Again, and Again…)

by Vincent on February 4th, 2001 at 9:59 am
Posted In: Hab1 News

YAAU (Yet Another Archive Update)!

To the files archives, I have added a copy of the Advanced Space Academy Cadence.

The ASA Cadence was modified from an army cadence by a former ASA counselor, Space Camp Dave.  It’s really funny, and quite appropriate to march to while at ASA!