American Dynasty

Hello Troops,      Last week's post started our photograph tour of the old Central School we all fondly remember.  This week's post continues where that post left off - in the Cafeteria and Kitchen area.  Once again I want to thank Central's Custodian, Brandon Pace, for the photos he took of the school all ready to open for its last school year, the 2019-2020 school year.        Each of the photos you see have Space Center memories for our Space Center staff and volunteers.  In addition to my Space Center memories, I have my memories of these hallways and rooms from my time teaching 6th grade full time from 1983 - 1990 before I opened the Space Center.       The Lunchroom.  My biggest Space Center memories of this room are:  This is where we set up the USS Falcon weekend simulator in the two Starlab Domes.  This was also where we had many a movie night after returning from swimming on our 3 day ove...

 Hello Troops, Now that the Space Center is operating at full steam in the new Central School, I thought now would be a good time to publish a series of photographs of the old Central School taken by Central's head custodian, Brandon Pace.  These photos were to be the the last detailed photos of the old building in all its glory. I'm posting them here because most of the old Central School was truly a part of the Space Center.  Nearly every square inch of that building, including the roof, was used over the many years as ship sets and landing party destinations.  As you look at these parting photographs of the old school, think back on all the time you spent in those halls, rooms, and crawl spaces.  Do you have a fond memory sparked by looking at one of these photos?  Please share that memory with me.  SpaceCampUtah@gmail.com A Look at our Old Central School in All Her Glory (The first in a series of posts). The kindergarten hallway from the exit door...

     Many months ago Christine and James Smith, both former Space Center employees, stopped by my home to tell me about something amazing they were in the process of imagineering with Nathan Young, another former Space Center employee.  They called it Celestial Horizons.       Christine announced the launch of the project with this email sent in May:      We’re super excited to have officially launched Celestial Horizons! Celestial Horizons is an interactive sci-fi narrative that’s been started by several previous Space Center staff. This Saturday (May 22), we will be starting a podcast that centers around the crew of the Ark Lyravea, a sleeper ship with 100,000 people frozen in cryosleep as they travel to a distant solar system. Things aren’t going as smoothly as they would hope. Our audience will have the opportunity to listen to the podcast or read the narrative content, then participate in discussions on our Discord server actin...

      Two Space EdVenture Centers held their last summer space camps for the 2021 season last week.  The Christa McAuliffe Space Center's last camp was Friday.  The Space Place at Renaissance Academy held its final camp Saturday night.        Mason Perry flew the Phoenix.  He flew "Finding the Libertaria" (the last Phoenix crew is pictured above).  I sat in on the five hour camp.  Mason did an outstanding job.  "I want you to tell me how I can improve and feel free to give any suggestions," Mason said to me just after the mission got underway.  I admire anyone who is open to suggestions.  It shows they love their work and want to be the best.  Of course all flight directors have their own style, so it should never be "It's my way or the highway" but learning from each other is the Space Center way.  Mason was kind enough to education me on the Phoenix.  After all those years of listening to th...