Saturdays at the Farpoint Space Education Center. The Young Coder's Clubs, Field Testing of Cutting Edge Simulator Software: Thorium and Interstellar. Private Missions and More. The Imaginarium.

Not an Empty Seat in the House for Farpoint's Saturday Young Coders Club

If It's Saturday, it's Warp Speed at Renaissance Academy's Farpoint Space Education Center

Hello Space Fans!
Saturdays are busy days at Renaissance Academy's Farpoint Space Education Center.  My day starts with the obligatory WalMart doughnut run at 7:00 A.M.  Doughnuts must be procured for the 52 members of Farpoint's Young Coders Club. Our Young Coders arrive in two waves.  The first class starts at 8:00 A.M. followed by Class Two at 9:00 A.M.  We use GoogleCS as our coding curriculum.  The Young Coders take to it like a duck to water. Google does most of the heavy lifting. I wander the room looking all knowledgeable, like teachers are trained to do, and let my Guru's (the GoogleCS name for volunteer helpers) answer the hard questions. The Young Coders are doing the 8 week Gaming Module.  Today they made cars zip around a track; at least that's what they were suppose to do.  Many of them took delight is programming multiple crashes of monumental proportions. 

The Early Bird Young Coder's Club

I have some pretty good kids in the Young Coder's program. They're anxious to learn and well behaved.  Realizing coding is the language all children should learn to some extend to prepare themselves for their future, I encourage them to have fun and experiment with program. 

Watch the Young Coders at work.

   

At 9:30 A.M. the WebDev Guild gathered in the Voyager's Briefing Room.  The WebDev Guild is Farpoint's advanced programming class for students taught by Alex and Crystal Anderson, Matt Ricks, and Isaac Ostler. 

Thorium Starship Controls: A Successful Private Mission

At 11:00 A.M. The USS Voyager was home the first Thorum Starship Controlled private mission flight directed by Alex Anderson with his wife Crystal occupying the second chair.  

Alex and Crystal Anderson in the Voyager Control Room. Thorium was up to the task we are happy to report.

The Thorium Right Wing Controls in Action

Thorium Left Wing Controls on the USS Voyager

The crew loved the mission and controls. Afterwards they booked a return trip.

Interstellar Starship Controls Demo for InfiniD Founder Casey Voeks and They To are Put to the Test on Interstellar's First Private Mission

Casey Voeks and Isaac Ostler Review Interstellar

In addition to everything else on Saturday, Farpoint ran a second private mission on Saturday where Isaac Ostler's Interstellar Simulator Controls were used for the first time for a private party. Before the mission, Isaac demonstrated Interstellar for Casey Voeks, CEO of InfiniD in the Voyager's Briefing Room.  

Isaac Ostler Training the Voyager's Communication Officer using Interstellar

Interstellar Stations on the USS Voyager

We've been using and debugging Interstellar for the Young Astronaut and Voyager Club Long Duration Missions day in and day out.  It won't be too long before Interstellar will be available for use in simulators everywhere.  

Farpoint is leading the way preparing our students for the future.  We have 260 student cadets in the Center's Young Astronaut and Voyager's clubs and 52 students in the Saturday morning Young Coders Clubs.  Farpoint is the testing grounds for the latest in simulator software research with its use of both Thorium and Interstellar. Farpoint offers private missions to the public and space camps in the summer.  Farpoint is a proud member of the Space EdVentures Consortium.  Contact us to learn more about our programs.

Mr. Williamson   

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