On the Space Shuttle Flight Deck!A bordo del Transbordador Espacial!
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On Sunday morning after a healthy Turkish breakfast of eggs, black olives, assorted veggies like tomatoes, cucumber, as well watermelon, we left on a bus with all the campers to visit Izmir Private school (called colleji in Turkish). Once there we watched a movie on their modern Planetarium about Stargazing. Right next the kids went out with their epals Turkish family for n afternoon of multicultural exchange. The next day we were introduced to the flight simulator floor where there is a life size replica of the cabin of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Inside all teachers participated in a space shuttle simulation. We were asked to choose positions as part of the mission, and I chose Mission Specialist. The were several positions such as Mission Commander, Pilot, Payload Specialist, etc... just like the real thing. We had to follow procedures similar to the one followed by astronauts of the Space Shuttle, and had to read from a script aloud, from a microphone attached to our headphones. It sounded just like the real thing! Next we all took turns experiencing the different training machines used by astronauts to prepare for working in space. The training machines ranged from Zero Gravity, Spinning, EVA or Extravehicular Activity were we were strapped to a harness and had to work suspended attaching metal rods to metal spheres, just like astronauts will do when working outside of the Space Shuttle. It was awesome to experience floating and jumping just like we would if we were on the Moon or in Space. El domingo por la manana despues de un muy saludable desayuno a la usanza Turca compuesto de tortilla de huevos con papas, vegetales como tomates y pepinos, olivas negras, y sandia, nos dirigimos en autobus con todos los campistas y chaperones a visitar el Colegio Privado Izmir. Alli vimos un video en un muy modeno planetario sobre la historia de la Astronomia. Al final los chicos y chicas se fueron con una familia turca de Izmir a compartir una experiencia multicultural. Los maestros luego fuimos al otro dia al piso de los simuladores de vuelo donde habia un modelo a tamano real de la cabina del Transbordador Espacial Discovery, asi como varios equipos de entrenamiento de Zero Gravedad.
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ReplyDeleteLove the blog, the combo of posts by you and the kids is really cool. It was a pleasure having you all at SCT for the week, we enjoyed hanging out with soem Americans so far away from home!
ReplyDeleteHi Mr.Fulcar my name Andy from MS324, CAS after school program.
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