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The Space Academy's June 24-27th Leadership Space Camp Staff and Cadets      Renaissance Space Academy held its first space camp for the 2019 summer season last week running from June 24-27th with more to come in July and August.  This camp's focus was leadership training - preparing our cadets to be tomorrow's leaders.       From 8:00 - Noon each day the cadets were instructed by Major Vidinha, Renaissance Academy's middle school science teacher and a retired major in the United States Army.  The cadets spent several hours learning how to command and lead effectively. The Academy Cadets in the gym learning to command a platoon and issue effective and clear orders Time for a quick break before moving to their next activity Saving the universe from those who wish us harm is hard work requiring a bit of time in the holodeck to unwind. The June 24-27 Space Academy leadership Camp          Pro...

The Thorium Board Met in the USS Voyager's Briefing Room The Thorium Advisory Board Met for Its Quarterly Meeting Last Week            Thorium is the software used by experiential simulators flying the Space EdVentures' flag.  Thorium is the brainchild of Alex Anderson, who also does most of the programming.  The Thorium Advisory Board consists of the directors (or their representatives) of the five Space EdVentures Centers; The Christa McAuliffe Space Center, Telos Discovery Space Center, Reality's Edge Space Center, Renaissance Space Academy, and the Lion's Gate Center.  Other members of the Board are Isaac Ostler and Crystal Anderson.      This short video answers the question, "What is Thorium?"      Of the several topics discussed the most exciting was the work of a German programmer who has programmed DNS lighting controls into Thorium.  The groups also discussed the universal "sa...

Nathan Young Getting the Feel of the USS Voyager at the Space Academy for his New Web Series Home Away from Home. The Spirit of the Voyager I Lives On. Live From the Space Academy, the Live Streamed Web Series "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die" on the USS Voyager  Development Update Number 1 By Nathan Young      So, we’ve got this project.      It’s a pretty crazy project.      It’s a film/theater/space center/web series/reality TV/live streaming amalgamation.  That description doesn’t really explain anything about it, I know, but believe me, it has been hard enough trying to find a concise way to describe what this project. We told everybody “experimental livestreamed science-fiction web series,” but it became very clear very quickly that nobody knew what  that meant. It took me an hour and a half to get my production crew on the same page as me, and that  included being able to show pictures ...

The Cassini Probe at Saturn;  The USS Cassini Concept Render The USS Cassini A New Starship Soon to Launch at the Christa McAuliffe Space Center      I'm a little bit late to the party on this announcement but better late than never. As many of you know, a new Christa McAuliffe Space Center is under construction along with a new Central Elementary School.      The new CMSC will have six simulators and a 40 ft. tall planetarium.  Four of the new ships will be named after the four current simulators at the CMSC:  The Galileo, Odyssey, Magellan, and Phoenix.  The two new simulators were nameless until a month ago when the name of one was released.  Welcome USS Cassini to the growing number of Space EdVentures simulators.  The name of the last new ship is a closely guarded secret known only to Mr. Porter himself.       The Cassini is named after the Cassini space probe.   ...