The list of the new class of Space Camp Hall of Fame inductees has been released!

The official press release will no doubt be up soon, but here are the names with details and photos to follow soon!:

Friend of SPACE CAMP

• Jim Allan - Austin, TX

Former Employee

• Jerry Gleason - Madison, AL

Former Camper

• Robert Pearlman - Houston, TX

At some point in the mid-80s, Space Camp was featured on the show, Reading Rainbow. Specifically, the episode was entitled “Let’s Go,” and Space Camp had a 3.5 minute segment on that episode.

I’ve gotten hold of that episode and posted the segment for your viewing pleasure.

It’s fairly interesting to see Space Camp in the 80s. They had a moon buggy they drove around the lunar mock-up in Rocket Park, and it would seem that they had some of the simulators in the museum (though they may have just been moved there for the episode taping. Who’s to say?).

But you don’t have to take my word for it:

Unfortunately, it seems MAX-Q will not be able to come to Space Camp and perform for the 2009.

So this is not the turn of events we were all hoping for...But, as it went last year and the year before that, there is always next year.

And the Hall of Fame event has for the past two years proven to be an excellent time!

Two more months!

Gadget blog Gizmodo published an article yesterday entitled, Confessions of a Space Camp Alum.

Wilson Rothman details his Space Camp mis-adventure from way back in 1986. It’s always fascinating to read about and see pictures from Space Camps of years gone by, so I encourage you to check out the article!

Of course, this article is written in traditional Gizmodo fashion....

In the summer of 1986, I spent a week at Space Camp in Huntsville, AL. Not only that, but in our final mission, I crashed our Space Shuttle.

Thanks to bnaivar for pointing out the article in this HabForum post!