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Topic: STS-18: Georgia elementary school shuttle sim
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Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-16-2016 05:58 PM
   
On Thursday, May 12, 2016 I attended the STS-18 Shuttle sim mission at Russell Elementary School in Smyrna Georgia. It was my third consecutive mission experience and I'm still amazed that an elementary school can pull off such a feat. The entire school, along with the surrounding community, gets involved and supports the mission. Here's some interesting facts about the mission: - The team of astronauts, flight controllers, and support techs is comprised of 4th and 5th graders.
- The space team learns over 100 acronyms for the mission.
- The mission lasts for 27 hours; the students study for 9 months.
- It is the only program of its kind in the nation.
- The shuttle contains four fully functional seats from a Vietnam-ear USAF C-130 military aircraft.
- There are nine panels and 400+ working switches in the cockpit area.
- The shuttle has sleeping accommodations for six, 36 storage lockers, a galley, and "Mr. Thirsty" (the bathroom).
- Over 600 students have participated in the Russell Space Program since its inception.
- The space team uses "Go flight! Telemetry Simulation Software". This program was written for the Russell Space Team using the Visual Basic 6.0 programing language.
- The mission patches are designed by student members of the team.
- No mission has ever been aborted.
 
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Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-16-2016 06:01 PM
 
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GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-16-2016 07:07 PM
Amazing. Hats off to the kids and especially those adults that put it all together! |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 05-16-2016 08:15 PM
Awesome! Great to see kids excited about science. |
YankeeClipper
Member Posts: 617
From: Dublin, Ireland
Registered: Mar 2011
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posted 05-17-2016 04:17 AM
That has to be, without any doubt, one of the coolest school experiences ever! |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 05-17-2016 10:11 AM
Just unbelievably fantastic. |
fredtrav
Member Posts: 1673
From: Birmingham AL
Registered: Aug 2010
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posted 05-17-2016 10:14 AM
Absolutely great. Wonderful to see the kids get into STEM and learn. Great idea and glad to see they kept it going for yet another year. |
mikepf
Member Posts: 441
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-17-2016 10:29 AM
Now THAT is what I call education! Way to go! |
bwhite1976
Member Posts: 281
From: Belleville, IL
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 05-17-2016 04:32 PM
Impressive. I can't imagine the amount of work that would go into a project like this. Well done. |
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