I called today to see what dates were available:
June 3-8 and June 24-29 in the Payload Specialist Tracks were the only dates available.
If you want to go in the month of June, I suggest you hurry and give them a call at 1-800-63SPACE or register online.
I guess I for one will not be going, due to both those dates being quite bad for me, and my being too old after June to go. *sniff*
Hurry if you want to go!
Chips Ahoy (Nabisco) is offering an all expense paid trip for two adults and two children to the Parent/Child U.S. Space Camp program in Titusville, Florida!
You can enter once per day at the site.
At the left, it will ask you your age…make sure you enter at least 18, otherwise, it won’t let you try to enter again for a day.
According to the site, the prize package contains:
Sounds like a good trip! Good luck to all!
First, I know I haven’t updated the site in two weeks. For that, I must apologize!
Between increased schoolwork, and having to visit several colleges (with another trip scheduled soon), I have been too busy and stressed out to devote my energies to this site.
On the upside, I have just updated the HabForum with a brand new forum!
In Counseling Sessions (please email me if you have a better name…it’s the best I could think of), campers can discuss things such as their favorite counselors at Space Camp, ask questions about becoming a counselor, etc.
I think the forums have been under utilized lately, and I urge everyone to go post a question or comment or two, and see what others have to say!
With Mir crashing and burning sometime tomorrow, WiredNews has an article up which looks back at the day Skylab fell to Earth, oh so many years ago.
If you paid attention at Space Camp, you’ll recall the stories of the day Skylab fell upon Australia…
In the days and weeks that followed, experts came out to have a look at the debris, taking samples back for examination. The only thing the town got from officialdom for its trouble was a gift plastic model of Skylab, she said.
Andre’s husband Mervin — president of the local town council at the time — issued the Yanks a ticket for littering. It remains unpaid, 21 years later.
…The article made no mention of the jackrabbit though!
Well, as we all know by now, The Russian space station Mir is set for a fiery reentry sometime on March 23rd.
With all the hoopla surrounding it, I thought it time to provide all of you with some interesting reading before the big day.
MirReentry.com is a site dedicated to keeping the countdown clock for Mir’s reentry, along with news and information on this remarkable piece of…well, garbage.
As posted on The Register, someone on eBay is selling a the ‘Crashing MIR Space Station Detecto-Hat’. Get yours before it’s too late!
Additionally, Taco Bell has set up a 40ft. x 40ft. floating target in the South Pacific, with the promise that, if the core of Mir hits the target on reentry, everyone in the United States will receive a free taco!!!
So, everyone in the States, keep your fingers crossed!
A copy of very same book in which I found a picture of the Pathfinder without its SRBs is up for auction at eBay.
It’s a very small book, at only 32 pages, but it’s easily worth a few bucks.
The auction is here, and the seller posted the following picture of the book:
I’ve updated the campers’ sites links section with a link to the webpage for International Space Camp 2000.
Enjoy!
I have just updated the page of HabLinks with a fantastic site I recently discovered.
Estelle Tidey won a trip last summer to the 2000 session of International Space Camp by writing a wonderful essay on the International Space Station.
Estelle’s “Space Nut” section on her website details her experience at Space Camp, and includes many wonderful photos from around camp.
I highly recommend that everyone check out her site!
I recently acquired a currently out-of-print book titled, “Let’s Visit A Space Camp.”
The book, which dates back to 1990, contained, among other great photos, one taken before the Pathfinder received its SRB’s.
Pretty great stuff!
