3-D 360 Degree X-77 Flight Simulator

The Meat and Potatoes of our Schedule
By Ricky

We all had fun at space camp and it was educational. They have a great museum there. They have real personal stuff that had been owned by early astronauts. The stuff is very cool to look at. WE went to a room filled with glass etchings of all the early astronauts. I took tons of pictures while I was in that room. Next, we went into another room and learned about all the great spin-offs that we have from the space program. We saw space blankets and other stuff like small computers and tape, Velcro and other stuff that we take for granted in our daily lives. We got a chance to go to the space camp gift shop. Lots of kids bought lots of stuff but I did not buy anything. We had lunch. I ate a sandwich. It had mustard on it. I also ate two oatmeal pies. During lunch Mr. Weiner asked each student to share what his or her favorite part of the day was. I told everyone that my favorite part was when we all got to hold a baby alligator. After lunch we all went to the bathroom. Then we went to the big room at space camp that holds all of the big simulators. They had a lot of cool simulators, but I like the 3D 360-degree flight simulator the most. It actually spins you in a circle of 360degree many times and the inside stuff you see is seen in 3D because of the glasses that you wear. I also got to simulate a Mars mission. Every kid went from big room to big room getting to try simulators like a weightless wall or a simulator that simulated controlling pitch roll and yaw in microgravity. Space camp was time spent I will not soon forget.