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Hi Joe,

*** Quoting Joe Novello to Chris Rowan ***

JN> We constructed a space shuttle simulator based on NASAs Space
JN> Transportation System.  The heart of our simulation was one
JN> computer and a video cassette recorder.  We synchronized at
JN> shuttle tracking program (available free from NASA) with video
JN> footage from the shuttle which corresponds with the position of
JN> the shuttle.  This "program" was run from launch through orbiter
JN> re-entry.

That really must have been something!  Could you provide some more info about the shuttle tracking program?  How did you go about ordering it?

We're going to build a simulator/habitat where four "astronauts" will live and work for several hours, utilizing a Shuttle Simulator program for the Mac. I still have to contact Wayne Calk in El Paso to actually GET the program. Communication between the habitat and Mission Control will be accomplished through the use of modem-equipped PC's and video cameras.

JN> While in flight, students preformed health and science
JN> experiments, prepared food, and communicated with mission control
JN> via AM and FM transcievers.  At the end of the flight, the flight
JN> commander and pilot brought the shuttle down using a modified
JN> version of Microsoft flight and landed at Kennedy Space Center in
JN> Florida.  The computer simulation used actual scenery from the
JN> landing area.

We plan to do the same.  I've downloaded gobs of lesson plans relating to spaceflight from Spacelink via TENET.  The materials are on order.  What kinds of experiments did your astronauts perform?  How did you "modify" the Microsoft Flight program?  More to the point, how could WE modify it <g>?  Do you have a portfolio of your activities that you could send to us C.O.D.?  I'd really like to know more about your project!

JN> We put over 500 students through our program last year and had a

WOW!  We plan to put 60 students through our 8-week program, and have put hours and hours of work into it, planning, ordering materials, arranging for field trips, etc.

Thanks for taking the time to tell me about your program!

     Chris


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