Recent content by landon2006

Hey everyone. Sorry for the delay in getting back on topic. I have been very, very busy with the museum, and have not had much time to get space academy going. Anyway, I we now have property... The Space Academy will be located on the same tract of land as the museum, which is only around 6...

Hey guys I know its been a while, I have been very busy with Holiday affairs and such. After the first of the year, I'll be back in full force again. Happy Holidays, Landon

Myself, I don't really remember. I just remember the entire simulation not being very realistic... Brad, what is causing that disformed earth? :-)

With a motion base simulator it makes it hard to integrate the graphics because direct projection really wont work. your only real options in that case are to use monitors of some kind. For Astronauts though, they are using the Sim purely as a training tool. These Campers will not only train...

The 3-Panel projection had never crossed my mind, even though I knew it existed. I don't know why this would not work. Not only would it be a much simpler build, but also more cost effective. In fact, if the shuttle windows are designed right, the meeting points of the screens could be...

I'm just saying... In general... $4,000 for any software is crazy. but it's the world.... Oh well. As fare as the 3D Theater goes, I really don't know rather I will incorporate a curved effect into it or not. Basically, it will operate like an IMAX 3D Theater. There will be 4 projectors...

Also, from what I'm gathering from this "Sol7" software, it's cost is $4,000 per channel. So our actual cost will be $8,000 to license the software for the 3D Theater (Museum) and 1 Shuttle Sim. If we ad another shuttle Sim, we have to come up with another $4,000 license. Am I wrong in this...

Hielor's post reminds me of something... motion based simulators. Obviously, that would be the cream of the crop to have the shuttle Sim on a motion base. I'm not sure of the cost of such a motion base, or how much weight it would need to support (based on the total weight of the shuttle). I'm...

I think I came up with a decision on the number of shuttles. For the first season of the camp, I would suggest we focus all our energy and resources on one shuttle Sim. Later down the road, possibly next season, we could implement the second shuttle, to increase capacity. This way, we can have...

Edit: After looking around Orbiter a little bit... I found that it would be very cool to have a view outside the cock-pit into the virtual payload bay. Also, having separate controls for the payload operator at the back should be implemented if possible (Joystick and buttons, switches control...

We still don't have a tentative date that the camp will open. I would like a summer 09 opening, but rather that happens or not depends on rather we can secure property, build what needs to be built in time and get all the Sims up and working, as well as staff properly trained. To open for June...

First real snow of the Season happened here in Indiana yesterday... got about 3" I think.

I already beat ya to that one Brad. I didn't think about the DVD thing, but I had thought it would be neat to broadcast the video feed live over the internet, so the parents and friends can watch real time. DVD idea is good though as well... Give them something permanent (somewhat anyway) to...

Thanks for the heads up tblaxland. Modified. It had never crossed my mind actually. My Webhost has a very good Spam filter though... In order to receive mail in my inbox, you have to submit an email, then reply to another e-mail sent back. Pretty neat. -----Post Added----- So this is...

Thanks, A PDF copy would be great! E-mail address is director at spaceacademy . us Looks like a good setup. I'm currently doing some budget-plans for the entire program, and that helps in the area of hardware cost. Also, got it on the sol7. I was just slightly confused there for a while.