Contact Victor Williamson with your questions about simulator based experiential education programs for your school.
SpaceCampUtah@gmail.com

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Another Photo from the Wayback Machine. Four Ways the Universe Could Ruin Your Day. The Imaginarium



Hello Troops,
Our WayBack Machine never fails to impress.  Here is another picture from the summer of 2002, similar to one posted a few days back but from a different angle.  The staff are sitting in the trailer getting briefed on the Apollo 13 lesson.  Tanner Edwards (in orange) is the new face in this picture.
How many of these old timers can you name?  How many do you remember?

We are putting the finishing touches on the Farpoint Academy's website.  The Space EdVentures Foundation's Board will meet tomorrow night at Stonegate to give its final blessing.  If all is in order and the vote is 'yes',  then WE GO LIVE with the website.  YOU will then be able to download the cadet application form and apply to join us for a unique educational edventure.  I know many of The Troubadour's readers are former Space Center volunteers who are anxious to get back in the saddle and volunteer. 

Mr. Williamson 

Space and Science News



Four Ways the Universe Could End
(and failing your final exams is not one of them)

If there’s one thing scientists love discussing more than the beginning of the universe, it’s the end. There are literally hundreds of known stellar events that could obliterate the life on our planet before we even knew what hit us. I think the meteor that touched down a few weeks ago in Russia kind of cemented that fact. The end of everything else though, is a little bit more difficult to predict. That won’t stop us from speculating until the cows come home (pun intended). Here are four popular theories on how the universe might end:  Read More

The Imaginarium
Are you living up to your end of the deal?  I post the pictures and you use them for inspiration.
Make the ordinary, extraordinary.  That's all I ask.


Just because its creative doesn't mean it has value and purpose.  Here are a few examples of imagination gone wrong....


 
 

Famous Equations to Remember




Hollywood's Secrets Exposed!





One Awesome Swing


Darn it.  I had that on my list of things to put off.



May I never have friends like this



Sent in the same envelope as her university acceptance letter.
Creativity: A


Imaginative Street Art.



This is when you stop, raise your fists heavenward and scream, "Why Me Lord!"


I'm a bit of an introvert.  And That's OK..


How can they afford to do that?



Mario punch lamp.


 This skateboard workshop in India does amazing things.


Finally, A Vision Test.
It really works.

Monday, March 11, 2013

A WayBack Machine Photo. Farpoint Academy Update. Science News. The Imaginarium


Hello Troops,
Our WayBack Machine photo of the day is coming from the summer camps of 2002.  This is the original Magellan Control Room.  Everybody and everything was crammed into this timy space.  Randy Jepperson is the one in red, wearing the sheepish smile.   The rest of the staff from front to back are:  1) Stacy Carrell   2) Ben Hoglund  and 3) Rio Downs.

Questions Regarding Farpoint Academy

 A few of The Troubadour's readers asked about Farpoint Academy, the Space Center foundation's (Space EdVentures Foundation) after school program.  Farpoint Cadets will be the volunteers at the new Discovery Space Center at Stonegate in Pleasant Grove.  They may also volunteer at the Space Center at Central School if our foundation gets permission to rent the simulators for after school, Saturday and summer programs from the school district's building rental committee.  To make it easier, Volunteers = Cadets, but Cadets do not have to be volunteers.  The Academy may have students who only want to participate in the classes, SimLabs and LDM's.

I hope I made that as clear as mud.

Mr. Williamson
 

Science in the News




Milky Way's Black Hole to Gobble Space Cloud This Year
The giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way is preparing to gobble up a tasty gas cloud in a cosmic meal astronomers are eager to witness.  Read More







Some people prefer words to think about while some others prefer images. The features of 
both are mentioned here. So, what type of thinker are you?
Hashem AL-ghaili




How Big is the International Space Station
Scale : Relative Size of the ISS.  A comparison of the International Space Station and Lambeau Field
Hashem AL-ghaili





Clues of Life's Origin Found in Galactic Cloud.
You and I are both made up of an eclectic collection of organic molecules.  A lot of interesting molecules go into making up all life on Earth, from the amino acids which make up proteins to the nucleobases that encode our very DNA, but where they exactly come from (on a cosmic scale) is still one of science’s great mysteries. And as with any good mystery, the only solution will be to solve each of the separate pieces of the puzzle — and the latest piece of this puzzle has just been spotted in a huge gas cloud in the center of our galaxy.  Read On




Sunrise Over Planet PH1

As you see in this computer rendering, this planet so called PH1, also known as Kepler-64b, has two suns because its planetary system has two orbiting giant stars
Hashem AL-ghaili





The Imaginarium
Make the ordinary, extraordinary

Imagineering in Engineering and Invention














Something to leave behind after a motel visit.  Give the maid something to talk about and
remember for a long time.




Underground garage.






A Pharmacy Student.






A True AC/DC fan







The history of the world