Space Log...061018

Taking in her mothers footsteps, Rese blogs her Space Camp journey. 


Not a very productive first day at space camp, but definitely fun!

Started the day by waking up at 6 am (for no reason what so ever) and not being able to go back to sleep. Hours past and I finally got my stuff packed and ready to go for the week! 

Mom, dad, Luke and I all went to the Huntsville space and rocket center and took a quick tour, taking advantage of the free day pass for space camp families. About an hour later, we headed to the space camp entrance to get checked In.

After standing in the blazing heat for a good 20 minuets waiting for them to let us in, we finally got into 
the building to get checked in. For being a very popular (and expensive) camp, you would think the organization in the check in area would be decent....it was not. We spent a good half hour waiting in a line to get checked in (and mom and dad were definitely not havin it). I finally got checked in and got to go see my room. Small but cute. I only hit my head once on the low bunk on top of me, but other than that, it’s nice. Then mom and I went to lunch and we said our goodbyes (because I won’t see her for he rest of the month!!)

Onto orientation- very uneventful and boring, I met my group leader and group members (all the girl members are the same people I am sharing a room with) and we became very good friends very quickly! One girl is from Germany and everyone else from various states.

First thing on the on the itinerary was to ride every ride and simulator in the visitor center (which included a zero gravity ride, drop ride, a flight simulator and more) . Ate lunch then went on to a different building where we did team ice breakers (several games of mafia). While that was fun and all, we got stuck in that building for a good hour because there was lightning with in 30 miles of us! (Mind you- not a drop of rain near us but we still had to stay put “for our safety”)

Finally left the building and went to get some dinner, pretty good food so I will not complain. Off to a movie and then a quick lesson in scuba diving and an “intro to flight” For the days ahead.

Ended the day with some fire demonstrations, demonstrating the different types of fuel used in different rockets, and the differences between them and why they are used in certain situations 


Highest temp- 95 (felt like 200)