American Dynasty

Christa McAuliffe Space Center Lobby Concept Rendition      For 28 years you stepped into the lobby of  Central Elementary  School whenever you visited the Space Center. I know what you were thinking when you did it the first time. "There's a Space Center here?!". Perhaps the old school 1956 architecture made you question the directions given on Google. And just before you turned to leave in search of the real Space Center, a member of the staff came to greet you. Kindly you were escorted into the world of the future hidden ever so cleverly behind those old brick walls.  Well, those days will soon be over. I n 2020 you'll step straight into the adventure in the new Central Elementary and Christa McAuliffe Space Center soon to be built to the west of the current building.        Thanks to Allie's artistic skills you can see a concept design for the new lobby. It is designed to include a galactic ceiling mural with backlit do...

Bradyn Lystrup Briefs his Crew on Child's Play Renaissance Space Academy      It was like stepping into a time vortex. I sat in the Voyager's Briefing Room / Situation Room last night surrounded by friends who gathered to relive the magic and fun of the original USS Voyager.  The new Voyager at Renaissance Space Academy is a Farpoint simulator. On hand to support the festivities were the directors of Utah County's other Farpoint Centers; Lions Gate Center at Lakeview Academy, the Telos Discovery Space Center at Canyon Grove Academy and Telos University, and of course Renaissance Space Academy.  Supporting Bradyn Lystrup's return to flight directing were good friends from the Christa McAuliffe Space Center, Erin Williams and Connor Larsen, along with he and Jacqueline's weekend warrior buddies - Emily and Skylar Paxman and Todd Rasband.  Absent was BJ Warner - excused due to minor surgery.           Returning to occasional...

Aleta Clegg, Alex DeBirk, Bracken Funk. If you've lost your inner child I suggest you find it on the Starship Voyager at Renaissance Space Academy, or find a corner in a darkened room, curl up and die.       Someone walked into my classroom at Renaissance Academy yesterday morning while the Thorium Directorate met with the Master of the Code, Alex Anderson, on issues pertaining to the refit of several of Utah's starship simulators with Thorium simulator bridge software, developed by Alex Anderson and team.  My back was to the door. I heard a plastic bag rustling, glanced over, and saw to my surprise the great lady herself,  Dame Aleta Clegg: holder of the Federation Star, thrice decorated for bravery in combat on distant worlds, Hero of the Battle of Tau Ceti IV, Mistress of the Summer Camp Kitchen during the CMSEC's Voyager Era, Author, mother to many, wife to James, former CMSEC planetarium director, and outfitter to the odd and unusual.   ...

OK Mr. Williamson, this is a cursor.  Let's start with that Alex Anderson demonstrating extreme patience, necessary to be a programming department Master of the Code.    Hello Troops,      That's right, the Christa McAuliffe Space Center is bringing back the Programming Department, a special department to train a new generation of upcoming starship software programmers. The Department's Master of the Code is Alex Anderson, long time Space Center programmer, flight director, and all around good guy.  It is the same Alex who created Thorium, the latest sensation in starship controls.  Mat Long, the last Master of the Code, teaching the Space Center's last programming department in 2015.      Normally the Space Center's departments are closed to the general public.  Participants must first register as volunteers.  The Programming Department will be different as explained in Mr. James Porter's announcement bel...