American Dynasty

One of the donated Mac's with my first hypercard controls So simple, yet they did the job for 1990.      This week the Christa McAuliffe Space Center posted this open letter on Facebook to Apple thanking them for the computer donations and onsite help given to me to start the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center in 1990.   Dear Apple,      In 1989 Apple donated a set of Mac Classics to a teacher with an idea, flew him out to California, taught him how to program in HyperCard, and sent him back to make a difference. Those computers helped to control a fictional starship used to send students into space to face a wide range of stimulating and impactful challenges. Over the last 29 years we have served hundreds  of thousands in science and technology focused learning.      In short you helped transform regular classrooms into educational starships.      We are reaching out to say thank you for helping...

The Founders of Dream Flight Adventures Visit the Renaissance Space Academy and Adventure aboard the New Voyager       Renaissance Space Academy welcomed Gary and Sarah Gardiner and boys to the USS Voyager last Thursday. Gary and Sarah are the co-founders of Dream Flight Adventures, a space simulator company with starship simulators in Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Michigan, and Venezuela.       Dream Flight Adventures is the couple's dream job, but not one that pays the bills; Universal Studios does that. Gary works for Universal Studios in Florida, but that is changing - which is what brought Gary to Utah. Universal is sending Gary and his family to Japan for one year to install a new attraction at their park in Tokyo.  Before making the big move, Gary and family made the Utah stop to visit family.  "My kids have never flown in a simulator," he confessed. "Here I am with a company that does starship simulators but my own kids have ne...

    The Christa McAuliffe Space Center Lands the Galileo Lite at FanX in Salt Lake City By James Porter CMSC Director      We had a wonderful time at FanX last week. Our mobile version of the Galileo for participants to sample performed well considering it was put together in 3 days. Our goal was to raise awareness of our program, get a few donations, and try to reach our Facebook likes goal. We didn't quite get all our goals but we ended up with something even better. NEW FANS      There were so many times where people started off with a puzzled look and apprehension to stop that then transformed in to excitement and a "thanks for stopping me, this is going to be what I do for my next birthday." Or the classic, "how did I not know this existed!"      Often new fans rescued their friends from the hustle and bustle of the more crowded booths to come and experience our simulator instead. A prime example of ...