That was the message handed out on Monday by the consultants hired by the US Space & Rocket Center to figure out why camp attendance has declined steadily over the past few years. For more than five hours Monday, the bosses of U.S. Space Camp heard what others think about their business…. Continue reading
A big step in the effort to figure out how Space Camp officials can boost attendance and profits happened on Monday, as was pointed out by this (brief) story posted today at local Huntsville news station, WAFF. The article: Officials at the Space and Rocket Center are working together to… Continue reading
A nice story was published in the Huntsville Times on Sunday stating that Space Camp will soon be holding a retreat to help them determine why Space Camp attendance has been declining for the past 10 years. Space Camp has also hired an independent firm to help them gather statistics… Continue reading
It was posted in the HabForum and I thought it was worth noting here that Joel Walsh (see here if you don’t know who I’m talking about) has left Space Camp! Joel was truly an institution at camp! Virtually every time I went there, there was Joel. Yes, while Space… Continue reading
The Huntsville Times is reporting about a group of investors ready to give a California Space Camp another go. Read all about it! The new camp would be in The Dome on the grounds of the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach. Campers’ dormitories would be aboard the historic ocean… Continue reading
An article published in the Huntsville Times notes the current status of bookings at Space Camp and how they are down for the year due to the current conflict in Iraq (the article was published at a time when war seemed imminent, but had not yet begun). Reservations for June… Continue reading
In light of recent world events, Space Camp has made a few alterations to its cancellation policy. As can be seen here on their registration page, the policy now includes the following: In the event of military conflict, and if you, your child or group are unable to travel during… Continue reading
Space Camp has reconfigured their homepage a bit. The rest of the site seems to be relatively unchanged for now though. Feel free to vote over to the left as to whether or not you like it though. Further, you may read and post comments on the new homepage in… Continue reading
On the Simpsons this evening, Space Camp was mentioned. Bart: “How was your summer, Nelson?” Nelson: “Sucked.” Bart: “What’d you do?” Nelson: “Space Camp.” Okay, so it’s not the most flattering reference regarding camp. But it was Nelson saying it, so naturally we can’t take personally what a fictional cartoon… Continue reading
Well, not Bobby Fischer, but Space Camp is currently looking for someone who attended a Space Camp program on March 12, 1998. This should have been during Week 22 (give or take a week). If you have, please contact me (my first name [Vincent, of course] at hab1.com) and I’ll… Continue reading
