petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis) (08/02/90)
A group of us, The Enterprise Team, is designing a Space Academy II session for the Space Camp down in Huntsville Alabama. This will be a 1 week session from noon Saturday through late the following Saturday (Nov. 10-17). Course subjects are being drawn up using NASA documents. We will train all week ending in a long Shuttle mission simulation lasting 24-30 hours. There will be 5 groups of 5. Each group would have 2 pilots and 3 mission specialists. Each 5-person team flies a 2 hour practice mission and takes a share ofthe extended sim. There is extensive SCUBA time for mission specialists, water survival for pilots. Everyone will get a good overview of Shuttle systems taught from NASA documents. Pilots will also get training on how to control those systems from the cockpit. Mission specialists will get science and engineering training that relates to their EVA's and Space Station experiments. MS's will also design an experiment for their flight. The long sim will take everything you have learned and force you to synthesize the data and implement procedures in order to succeed in the mission. It's still in the planning stages, but that is basically what we will be doing. If anyone is interested in doing this, there are still slots open. Rich Kolker and Mike Lans are spearheading this. For an application and other details write Rich Kolker at: 14822 Hollydale Dr. Houston, Texas 77062 P.S.- Those of us who have reserved a spot, sent a check for $607.50 made payable to The Space and Rocket Center. It won't cost more, but if it is less, we'll be funded the appropriate amount. The check was sent with the application to Rich Kolker who is collecting them. Peter Jarvis, Redmond, WA