| Huntsville, Alabama's Space Camp
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| | (complete with bunks) look like they
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| Every kid's most fervent dream is to
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| | could be on a space station or colony,
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| experience what it is like to be an
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| | not somewhere in Alabama. But the best
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| astronaut. The NASA sponsored Space camp
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| | part of Space Camp is the "astronaut
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| in Huntsville, Alabama makes this dream a
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| | training."
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| possibility. The week long programs help
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| | All kids who attend Space Camp are put
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| the kid experience what its like to be an
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| | through astronaut training. Space suits
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| astronaut. Some of these programs are
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| | are fitted for the kids so they get to
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| offered along with other community
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| | experience what that feels like. There
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| programs like 4-H. Attending a Space Camp
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| | are centrifuge rides to help the kids
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| can be one of the most meaningful and
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| | feel the pressure of gravity and zero
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| interesting experiences of your child's
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| | gravity simulations to help them
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| life.
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| | experience weightlessness. Using
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| The Space Camp program in Alabama has an
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| | simulators, they are also taught to "fly"
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| age limit, and the full camp is available
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| | spacecraft like the shuttle. Not to
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| to kids who are at least 12 years old. Of
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| | forget, the kids can use a contraption
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| course, there are special programs at the
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| | that helps them experience what it feels
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| center for younger kids that offer many
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| | like to walk on the moon.
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| activities they do not quite appreciate.
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| | After going through all of the
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| However, it gives them the chance to
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| | "training," the Space Camp participants
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| assert that they are old enough to be
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| | get to run a simulated mission. Everyone
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| away from home.
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| | on board the ship has a role (pilot,
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| The programs and activities at Space Camp
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| | payload specialist, space walk, etc.) to
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| are designed to awaken creativity and
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| | play in completing the mission
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| curiosity. The kids learn to design a
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| | successfully. And, because sequencing and
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| lunar colony, and attend classes and
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| | time are important in real space
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| seminars to know about the history of the
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| | missions, these are elements present in
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| space program. They learn about the
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| | the simulated mission. If you mess up,
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| Soviet space program as well as the
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| | your simulator shakes you around and you
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| United States program in these classes.
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| | know what it is like to crash and burn.
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| They are also taken on trips to the
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| | A group may get an opportunity to run the
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| museum to gain an education experience.
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| | mission more than once, if time permits,
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| But Space Camp would not be fun if
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| | thus giving the kids a chance to play
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| sitting in classes and designing lunar
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| | different roles in the mission. The
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| colonies is all that went on. There are
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| | mission is a fun, hands-on learning
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| life size mock-ups of space shuttles to
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| | experience for the young space campers.
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| explore. The quarters themselves
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