American Dynasty

From Admiral Starblayze.  Dream Flight Adventures. You knew it was coming, but now it's official.  The  IKS Marvel   has launched from   Dansville, Michigan  on an epic mission into the great unknown. A local news crew was there for the lift-off, and  they put together a nice story about it  with some  great footage too . Here are some highlights straight from the inaugural crew: "Knowing that I'm a gigantic role in the spaceship simulator really helps me calm down," said Jillian Fishback, a sixth grade student. "I'm a huge control freak so knowing that I'm a huge role just kind of helps me say, 'Okay, I'm really important to this. Everybody's important. Everybody has their own important job." "It's good because no one could run that by themselves. Everybody else has to do their job," said Carter Tkaczyk, a sixth grade student. "A lot of it is talking to that other person, finding out what the...

From the Archives:  The Space Center Journal April 28, 2003.  Field Trip Schools. Report on the Overnight Camp. Repeat Campers are a Pain.  Spotlight on Outstanding Staff. Simulator Updates. Staff News. The Magellan Admiral from a summer EdVenture 3 Day Camp. June 2008 Hello Troops, A fine, cool, cloudy Sunday. I'm sitting here in my living room  writing the weekly (or almost weekly) Space Center Journal. My diet  Mountain Dew on my left and IBook on my lap.  It has been a very busy week for all of us. We came back from Spring  Break rested and ready to see the rest of the school year through. I  spent most of Monday sending out the final curriculum materials to our  May schools and getting the call for volunteers prepared. The crew of the Magellan.  Summer Overnight Camps. June 2008 Schools: This week the Center was visited by  Jordan Ridge, South Jordan, and  Rocky Mountain Elementary Schools. ...

A Think Tank was Convened to Put the Finishing Touches on the Designs for the Christa McAuliffe Space Center's New Simulators            Last Tuesday James Porter called a meeting of the minds to put the finishing touches on the designs for the simulators going into the new Christa McAuliffe Space Center scheduled to open in the spring of 2020.      I attended as a member of the CMSC's Advisory Board and as one of the Minds assigned to imagineering the new "Galactica" (working name) along with the Galactica's Set Director, Jon Parker. The brainstorming session was held in the CMSC's Discovery Room.  Those present were divided into their respective simulator teams.          Maeson, Orion and Nathan comprised the Galileo Team.  I think Nathan is imagining the new Galileo with gigantic longhorn steer horns attached to the front.        Of course I could be wron...