Moving day from Renaissance Academy to the Underfunded Films Warehouse
The TSC Nighthawk (Terran Space Command - Farpoint Universe) was recently removed from active space service at The Space Place at Renaissance Academy in Lehi and moved to drydock at the Underfunded Films warehouse where it will be gutted, rewired, polished, oiled, de-radiated, and re-equipped with up to date computers.
The Nighthawk in Drydock for a full refit
The refit will be under the direction of Admirals Megan Warner and Matthew Long. Megan works at Underfunded Films and The Space Place. Megan is the Nighthawk's Set Director. For those who don't know Megan, she was the Director of the Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center from June 2013 - June 2014.
Alex Anderson, Matt Long, and Megan Warner back in the day
Matt is the owner of Underfunded Films and a former Christa McAuliffe Space Education Center volunteer, supervisor, and Flight Director from years past. As a young teenager, Matt built his own starship simulator in his parent's home in Provo. Space EdVentures has been in his blood ever since.
The Nighthawk use to be called the Titan when it was owned by The Discovery Space Center. It was the company's mobile simulator. Hundreds and hundreds of miles were put on the ship (even to California a few times) as it moved from place to place preaching the gospel of experiential learning through simulations.
InfiniD Learning donated the Titan to Renaissance Academy a few years ago. It was renamed Nighthawk when The Space Place adopted the Farpoint Universe. Sadly, the ship entered shutdown mode when Covid struck and deteriorated over the last two years.
The Nighthawk's Interior, gutted and ready for a good refit
And just when you need a miracle, two angels swoop in and offer to take the Nighthawk and give it the old one - two to get it in tip top shape for thousands of Renaissance Academy Young Astronauts needing the thrill of a lifetime. Thank you so much Matt Long and Megan Warner!
The Nighthawk will return to The Space Place at Renaissance Academy when the work is complete.
I asked Megan to write a few words to give us an update on the refit.
I’ve taken out the pipes and started in on those metal conduits so far. We have to pretty much completely rewire the ship, since we’re putting in laptops instead of the sticks. The laptops are going to be kept in the control room as opposed to in the ship itself, which means removing the Ethernet and putting in display cables between the control room and the stations.
The Nighthawk is the only movable simulator in the fleet of Space EdVentures simulators. It will be good to have it running again. Who knows, it may even go on a few road trips in the future to show those living in galaxies far far away what we do to make learning FUN!
Victor
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