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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

News, The Galileo's First Flight. A Question to Our Readers. The Imaginarium.

Hello Troops,
     It's 6:38 P.M. here in the London Room at Renaissance Academy.  I've already done my volunteer hour for Shelley's First Lego League and am back to complete a few things on my every growing "To Do" list.
     Our Farpoint Cadets will have a general membership meeting this Saturday from 10:00 to 11:30 A.M.  here in the London Room.  If you're a registered Farpoint Cadet, please plan on attending (if you can).  An email about the meeting was sent out several days ago.  Contact me f you didn't get it. Perhaps you're account transmuted somewhere in the time space continuum.
     We have an update from Gary Gardner and Dream Flight Adventures, our sister program in Pennsylvania.


Gary's doing a great job promoting the space edventures philosophy through his Dream Flight Adventures company.  He has one simulator, the IKS Titan, and hopefully many more to follow.  

A Question for our Troubadour Readers

If you COULD go back in time, which Simulator's first opening mission would you MOST LIKE to experience and why?

Voyager? Odyssey (originally Pathfinder/Seeker)? The first Galileo, The current Galileo? Falcon (originally not Star Trek)? Magellan (in the Babylon-5 universe)? or Phoenix?

Send your responses to me at spacecamputah@gmail.com


For the Record

The First Crew of the New Galileo. January 8, 2010

     With very little fanfare, the new Galileo officially opened for the January 8-9, 2010 Overnight Camp. The first official crew of the Galileo are pictured above. Stacy Carroll, the Galileo's Set Director, stands with them.  The new Galileo opened for private missions on January 18th. 
A special thank you to Kyle Herring, Stacy Carroll, Alex Anderson, Alex DeBirk, Spenser Robinson, and Jon Parker AND everyone else I've forgotten who played a roll in the designing and building of the new Galileo.

A Moment for the Old Timers to Remember.

The Old Post Overnight Camp Survey Results

The following is the Overnight Camp Survey posted to the Space Center's old YahooGroup from December 2009.   Remember filling these survey's out when you were a camper?  

Hello Troops:
Here are the results from the student survey taken by the campers at the end of the Overnight Camp of December 14-15, 2009. There were 40 Sixth graders from Mountainville Academy and Wasatch Elementary. Our Flight Directors were: 

Phoenix: Megan W (Razor Plan: 6 campers)
Voyager: Bradyn L (Greenpeace : 10 campers)
Odyssey: Christine G (Lost Throne: 8 campers)
Galileo: NA
Magellan: Brittney V (Invasion: 15 campers)
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The first question: Think about your story in the simulators. Were they fun? Did it have good characters? Did it challenge your brain or way too easy to solve?


Here are their choices:
A = 1
B = 2
C = 3
D = 4
F = 5

Here are the results. Remember, a 1 is a perfect score.

Voyager story's quality score: 1.18 (Last camp's score: 1.00)

Galileo story's quality score: NA (Last camp's score: 1.20)

Magellan story's quality score: 1.46 (Last camp's score: 1.07)

Odyssey story's quality score: 1.25 (Last camp's score: 1.13)

Phoenix story's quality score: 1.17 (Last camp's score: 1.00)

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PHOENIX FOR TAKING TOP STORY HONORS.

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The next question: How would you grade the staff of the simulators? Think
about friendliness, helpfulness, and acting.

Voyager staff's quality score: 1.36 (Last camp's score: 1.00)

Galileo staff's quality score: NA (Last camp's score: 1.00)

Magellan staff's quality score: 1.54 (Last camp's score: 1.14)

Odyssey staff's quality score: 1.25 (Last camp's score: 1.00)

Phoenix staff's quality score: 1.33 (Last camp's score: 1.33)

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GALILEO FOR TAKING TOP STAFF HONORS.
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The next question: How much did you enjoy your job in the simulators?
Choices: (1 = Great; 2 = Good; 3 = OK; 4 = Not So Good; 5 = Bad)

Voyager job's quality score: 1.27 (Last camp's score: 1.00)

Galileo job's quality score: NA (Last camp's score: 1.00)

Magellan job's quality score: 1.46 (Last camp's score: 1.50)

Odyssey job's quality score: 1.63 (Last camp's score: 1.00)

Phoenix job's quality score: 1.17 (Last camp's score: 1.17)

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GALILEO FOR TAKING TOP JOB HONORS.

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The next question: Did you feel doing your job made a difference in the
mission?

The Camper's choices were: Yes(1) Maybe (2) No (3)

Voyager making a difference quality score: 1.00 (Last camp's score: 1.00)

Galileo making a difference quality score: NA (Last camp's score: 1.20)

Magellan making a difference quality score: 1.08 (Last camp's score: 1.21)

Odyssey making a difference quality score: 1.13 (Last camp's score: 1.00)

Phoenix making a difference quality score: 1.33 (Last camp's score: 1.00)

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VOYAGER FOR TAKING TOP HONORS IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
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The final question: Would you like to come back to the
Space Center again for another mission?

The Camper's choices were: Yes (1) Maybe (2) No (3)

Yes: 100% (44 students)
Maybe: 0% (0 students)
No: 0% (0 students)

The Director's Trophy: Overall Scores averaged:

Voyager: 1.16 LAST WEEK'S SCORE: 1.00
Magellan: 1.31 LAST WEEK'S SCORE: 1.18
Odyssey: 1.25 LAST WEEK'S SCORE: 1.03
Galileo: NA LAST WEEK'S SCORE: 1.08
Phoenix: 1.20 LAST WEEK'S SCORE: 1.10

Overall Average: 1.08 Last Week : 1.20

The VOYAGER is awarded the Director's Trophy! EXCELLENT WORK BRADYN LYSTRUP AND HIS TEAM. 

SATISFACTION SCORES:

Our Satisfaction Scores for the Overnight Camp. Campers were asked the following question at the end of their survey.

1. How would you rate your overall experience for this overnight camp?

Their choices follow:

10 = The funnest thing I've ever done in my life.
9
8
7
6
5 = As Good as watching my Favorite Movie for the first time.
4
3
2
1 = The Most Horrible, Boring time I've ever had.

The students are asked to rate the overall camp experience on that
scale. They are given verbal instructions on the rating system to
insure comprehension.

Here are the results for today's overnight camp.

Voyager: This Week: 8.73 Last Week: 9.90
Galileo: This Week: NA Last Week: 9.80
Phoenix: This Week: 8.67 Last Week: 10
Magellan: This Week: 9.08 Last Week: 9.93
Odyssey: This Week: 9.25 Last Week: 9.75

The ODYSSEY take the Prize for Best Satisfaction Score! Congratulations CHRISTINE and your team. 

Overall Ranking by all campers for this Overnight Camp:
This Week's All Ship Average: 8.93 out of a perfect 10.
Last Week's All Ship Average: 9.38out of a perfect 10

Thanks All for Another Great Overnight Camp. 


Mr. Williamson

The Imaginarium

The Ordinary - to the Extraordinary



































 















1 comment:

Bradyn S. said...

The opening of the Voyager. I was never on it before it shut down, aside from going through it to get to the Odyssey on a field trip. While walking through it, I was saying, under my breath, "Please let this be the Odyssey," as I was unfamiliar with the ship names. So, Voyager it is...