Well, the wait is finally over. The Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission has new members. The article, including the list of the Board members, can be found here . Personally, I’m disappointed that at least one of a couple of individuals I had in mind weren’t appointed. It really just… Continue reading
Alabama Governor Bob Riley is expected to announce the new board for the Space & Rocket Center this week, as this article states. I suppose that would mean today or tomorrow. We’ll just have to wait and see.
As promised for mid March, Space Camp has their new website up and running. Despite a few quirks that no doubt will be worked out shortly, it is truly a vast improvement over the old site design(s)! Don’t delay, check it out!
The Friday deadline has come and gone, so technically the members of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission are now former members of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission. Yet this is only technically as there has been no word from Alabama Governor Bob Riley or his office regarding the… Continue reading
An article in the Huntsville Times reports that Alabama Governor Bob Riley has asked for every member of the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, the commission that oversees the US Space & Rocket Center, to resign. This should prove to be an interesting week. In the meantime, be sure to… Continue reading
This is just a reminder regarding a story I posted last December that tonight on the USA network, as they present a showing of Apollo 13 at 7pm tonight, they’ll also be showing segments shot at the USSRC. Here again is a link to the article which talks about tonight’s… Continue reading
Thanks to Who, this little site has gotten two new graphical face-lifts. As you can see, the main logo has been updated, as has the forum‘s logo. And for those of you impressed by Who’s work, you may just want to hire him! You can see more great art &… Continue reading
The TCF Updates are coming along nicely! Smiley was kind enough to pass along a few photos of the star curtain now on the Training Center Floor. These pics kinda show what the star curtains look like. Its kinda hard to capture the effect. The stars are LED’s and vary… Continue reading
I received some troubling news in my inbox the other day, and it had been discussed in the forum even before that. Aviation Challenge and Space Camp has lost one of its own. Former AC Counselor Jenie Purves, callsign “Texaco,” [was] laid to rest [on Friday, February 6, 2004] at… Continue reading
On March 2, 2004, MGM Home Entertainment is going to rerelease SpaceCamp (now listed as “Space Camp”) on DVD. Unfortunately, it still looks as if there aren’t going to be any decent special features, and I’m reasonably sure it won’t be in Anamorphic widescreen. Also, it appears as if the… Continue reading
