Space Camp

 Bub called this morning all excited because he gets to buy a rocket to bring home and build and shoot off!  He is full of happy news every time we talk to him.

He also says, "love you mom" every time.  Which is sooo sweet.

Message from the teacher:

Astronaut Wednesday

We had a chilly start to our day today, but the kids are troopers and bundled up to face the day.  We had a rare opportunity today one of which has never happened in all the years we have been coming to Space Camp.  Our group was asked to attend a briefing at Marshall Space Flight Center by Commander Chris Cassidy, who returned from the ISS in September.  He discussed what made him decide to become an astronaut, his raining, and his missions.  Following the presentation, we took a brief bus tour of Marshall.

Today we had one group of kids experience what it is like to walk on the moon using the 1/6th chair.  The other two groups had the opportunity to see what it is like to move through space using an MMU.  Students received a new mission today and id a dry run.  The will complete it tomorrow.  A few teams braved the cold temperatures and launched the rockets they madeyesterday.  The kids also looked at shuttle history and completed their Mars presentations.

 Blurry pictures of him moon walking.  I wonder if he'll be an astronaut now? I'm also happy to see him wearing pant instead of shorts like yesterday :)