The US Space and Rocket centre (which ironically abbreviates to USSRC) was a great experience for us all. We were extremely excited to go to Space Camp after great recommendations from previous trainees. After a great few days before we arrived, we were all in anticipation for the main part of our trip. We entered the Space Camp detached from the rest of the world after Miss Bunting had taken our phones away "for safety". Before we even got out of the coach we were blown away with the enormity of the Pathfinder shuttle displayed proudly on its side in the middle of space camp. Right next to it was a scale model of the Saturn V rocket which took the first man to the moon. These models were so large that it took our breath away when we stood next to them.
One of the things that we warned about before we left was the long days and we were kept busy doing things every minute of every day from the moment we woke up at 8 until the minute we went to bed at just after 10. This brings us onto our rooms, which although small were very cosy and fun to be in. Although the schedule was packed it was so much fun that the time went very quickly and we didn't feel the affect of the day until ten o'clock when we struggled to stand up in the shower without falling asleep. We had so many activities that it's hard to pick out the best, but for most of us the highlights were the simulators and the missions which were particularly exhilarating.
We had engineering challenges which were completed in small groups and was a competition between not only those from KEGS but others as well. These were really fun, in particular the rocketry challenge where every one except one spectacularly failed. One rocket decided to allow Miss Bunting to get a really close up shot at an extremely high rate of knots! My small engineering group and I, pride ourselves on building the only rocket to actually work. We had such a great time and we all want to say a great big thanks to our chaperones of Miss Bunting, Mr Brewington and Mrs Cleave and also all of our parents for giving us the chance to come on this trip.
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| The top of the Saturn V replica |
One of the things that we warned about before we left was the long days and we were kept busy doing things every minute of every day from the moment we woke up at 8 until the minute we went to bed at just after 10. This brings us onto our rooms, which although small were very cosy and fun to be in. Although the schedule was packed it was so much fun that the time went very quickly and we didn't feel the affect of the day until ten o'clock when we struggled to stand up in the shower without falling asleep. We had so many activities that it's hard to pick out the best, but for most of us the highlights were the simulators and the missions which were particularly exhilarating.
We had engineering challenges which were completed in small groups and was a competition between not only those from KEGS but others as well. These were really fun, in particular the rocketry challenge where every one except one spectacularly failed. One rocket decided to allow Miss Bunting to get a really close up shot at an extremely high rate of knots! My small engineering group and I, pride ourselves on building the only rocket to actually work. We had such a great time and we all want to say a great big thanks to our chaperones of Miss Bunting, Mr Brewington and Mrs Cleave and also all of our parents for giving us the chance to come on this trip.
Jake O (year 10)
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