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InfiniD Learning Opens its First International Simulator in Cambodia. Voyager Inspired Simulators Will Soon Encircle the World! Posts from the Space Center's Past: March 2001. Theater Imaginarium

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Cambodian children will soon have an InfiniD Experience! Talented people who grew up attending the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center in Pleasant Grove are hard at work taking simulator based experiential learning to the world.  Take Gary Gardner and associates at Dream Flight Adventures for example. They have simulators in Pennsylvania, Washington D.C. and Venezuela.  InfiniD Learning, headquartered in Vineyard, Utah,  has dozens of simulators in Utah schools; and now they too have an international location - Cambodia.   Brooks InfiniD's Brooks Heder recently returned from Cambodia where he installed the country's first InfiniD Lab starship / inner body simulator at a private school sponsored by David Moon, a former LDS mission president in Cambodia, and a partner in iWorlds when it was in operation in Murray and Thanksgiving Point.  Learn more about Dave Moon InfinD is hard at work changing the way kids learn. Casey Voeks ...

USS Voyager Field Tests the New Thorium Starship Simulator Controls. Looking Good! The Voyager's Isolinear Chip Assembly Team Hard at Work. Meet Jensen, the Voyager's Newest Supervisor. Space News. Theater Imaginarium.

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Saturday, August 19, 2017, saw the first roll out and debugging of the new Thorium starship simulator controls created by long-time Space Center supporter, fan, volunteer, flight director, programmer Alex Anderson.   Alex reviewing his code during the test run of Thorium on the USS Voyager at Renaissance Academy The Voyager's Jensen Caldwell and Asst. Director Isaac Ostler in the Voyager's Control Room trying to keep up with Alex's demands.  There was a lot of "Send This" and "Push That" along with "Can you see...." and "I'm not seeing". Isaac was doing three things at once. Typical for this wunderkind.  The Voyager launched with Thorium for a quick tour of the solar system.  Alex stayed pretty much on the bridge issuing commands and logging results.  Isaac and Jensen did their best to keep up in the Control Room. This was their first time working with Thorium so there was a learning curve.   Assisting ...

Blast From the Past. Historical Posts from the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center. The Falcon Simulator Opens for its First Overnight Camp. A Report on the Falcon's First Overnight Mission. Odyssey Open on Saturday Evenings. Promotions to Supervisors. Help with Summer Flyers. Magellan First Pass-offs. Home Simulators. Problem on the Overnight Camp.

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People Mentioned in Today's Historical Posts: Mark Daymont, Bill Schuler, Kyle Herring, David Merrell, Aaron Yeager, Kevin Anderson,  Corey McGarr, Joe Story, Richard Orcutt, Wesley Moss, Brady Young, Bryson Lystrup, Brad Cummings, Mitch Comfort, Chuck Heaton, Tanner Edwards,  Brandon Cambell, Josh Webb, Stephen Porter, Landon Hemsley, Bryce Redd, Travis Masterson, Rio Downs, Soren Seibach, Chase Wooton, James Porter, Matt Long, McKay E., Jamie Catlett, Matt Long. Feb. 2, 2001 The Falcon Simulator Opens for its First Overnight Camp. People Mentioned:   Mark Daymont, Bill Schuler, Kyle Herring, David Merrell,  Randy Jepperson Hello Troops! I want to take a minute and thank the following people for working  above and beyond the call of duty to meet today's deadline of getting  the Falcon up and running as a Starship. I thought it wouldn't get  done but I was wrong. This great Falcon team was composed of: 1. Mark Daymont 2.  Bill Sch...