The Christa McAuliffe Space Center Announces a Reduction in Ticket Prices for Planetarium Shows!
More Information on the New Simulators and Space Station at the Lion's Gate Space Center
The new simulators will be built onto the Lionsgate room (the big room we held the Voyager’s Club meeting in) with the station sim being on the second floor above it.
2. Why did you decide on a Starbase for one of the sims?
The original concept was meant to merge the space center formula with that of “kid cities” like JA Biztown. A large group of students working individual jobs to make the station work. One of the big goals for this project is mega-joint missions where all 4 ships and the station are working in tandem, with the station as the one overseeing the whole operation. The new control set will help achieve this, allowing for direct interaction between the simulators as part of the experience. I like to call the system "FleetSim", but truth be told I’m the only one that calls it that.
3. Let me throw Pegasus out there as a possible name for one of the new ships. It was the name of my classroom starship simulator from 1983 to 1990 with the poster controls and overhead projector. From the Pegasus came the first ship of them all, the Voyager. And from the Voyager sprang all the ships in the valley.
Pegasus has been added to the list of possible ship names!
4. Are you envisioning a field trip program for schools?
From Dan: “We want to offer field trips, but that won't be until Q3 2026 at the earliest, and it could take until 2027 to become a reality.”
5. Will the budget for the new addition provide you with extra money to upgrade the existing Apollo and Artemis simulators?
From Dan - “If any new tech makes it into the new ships, we will want to retrofit Apollo and Artemis to include it, but that won’t come until after the new ships are finished.”
6. Are you still working on a new set of simulator controls?
From Dan - “I am still working on new controls. In fact, they will be necessary for the shenanigans I want to pull because we have specific requirements for the Space Station.
Also, from the Lion's Gate Space Center, the new mission "Singularity"
Alex DeBirk, Director of the Discovery Space Center at American Heritage School, Launches Starships and Rockets
Alex DeBirk is a multitalented Space Center Director. He is a gifted high school physics teacher, the director of the school's space center with the starships Discovery and Galileo II, an accomplished actor at the Hale Center Theater in Sandy and several LDS films and pageants, AND now he adds rocketeer to his impressive list of accomplishments. When does he have time to sleep?
Alex posted this update on his rocket's maiden voyage. Congratulations on the successful launch of the Commodore!
L1 certification flight of my first high-powered rocket, "Commodore." I made all the parts with the laser cutter or 3D printers in the AHS Creativity Lab, except for the tubes, shock cord, and parachute. The fins and nose are based on the classic Apogee Rocket's "Zephyr" design. Flew on a H123W-8 motor out at Frank Hunt Field at the first UROC flight 2025. The altitude target was 1477 ft; they probably didn't reach it because the ejection charge was a little shy of apogee. But it came down nicely, on the fast side. I may need a larger parachute for launches with heavier payloads. It's a low-g ascent, so I can fly J motors with no problem with this thing. I aim to build my own motor and fly it in this rocket. I need L2 certification for that, though.
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