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Sci-Fi Fan Trips™ @ Space Camp
Parent/Child
4-day/3-night Program
August 11-14, 2006
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Day 1 Friday, August 11 2006:
Your adventure begins at 1:00 pm with registration followed by an
orientation to the fabulous mini-week ahead of you. Get ready for an
afternoon of space shuttle and space mission orientations. Your team
will then begin training for your special mission into space!
 This
evening we have great fan activities – after dinner enjoy arcade and
other sci-fi games such as Star Wars, Star Trek, and other galactic
titles.
After challenging fellow fans on their gaming skills, let’s head out
to the stars for an outdoor (weather permitting) star gazing event.
Bring your blankets and pillows to lay back and enjoy the
masterpieces in the skies while listening to some very “spacey”
music.
Day 2 Saturday, August 12 :
After breakfast this morning, we enter the world of the space
explorers – both “real” and imaginary – who were captivated by the
mystery of the skies and did something about it! Our introduction to
Space History makes a great point of departure for all the other
great fan and educational activities we have planned.
Try your hand at space travel as you construct your own X-Prize
“2004 race into space” Rocket – you’ll have the chance to launch
your model before your Sci-Fi Fan Trips™ @ Space Camp training is
complete.
 Get
ready for some exciting Laser Weaponry Training in the afternoon.
Choose your weapon then brace yourself as you train on an assortment
of attack and defense techniques unique to your weapon. After
training, your team will be divided into two “sides” and the dueling
will begin to determine a winner who will advance to the Laser
Weaponry Tournament in the afternoon. (Note: weapons used will be
combat ready and training foam swords/staffs. Protective head and
body equipment will also be used.)
Before the afternoon Tournament, you’ll complete your Mission from
this morning’s training and then it’s off to enjoy trying out
simulators such as the G-Force Accelerator, Space Shot, the Mars
Climbing Wall and the Space Shot.
Winners from each team will compete in the Laser Weaponry
Tournament. Cheer on your team as the “good guys” challenge the “bad
guys” to protect the universe from domination by the forces of evil
– or maybe they just want to win some great prizes!
Dinner and Break
Join us at the Space Camp IMAX theater for a Pajama Party Sci-Fi
Film Festival featuring some really bad vintage sci-fi films and
some pretty good new ones! Snack bars will provide themed food and
drinks (cash bar). Try your luck at some of the sci-fi games as
well. Stay as long as you like or head back to the Habitat for some
night visions of your own.
Day 3 Sunday, August 13 :
After breakfast your team will train for its second Mission. Before
launching into space, you’ll hear about the newest advances in the
Mars Exploration program by an expert.
The most recent focus of the Mars Exploration Program is to
determine whether liquid water is present on Mars, either in its
ancient past or preserved in the subsurface today. If the answer is
“Yes”, then the chance that life existed/exists on Mars is quite
possible!
 The
Rocket Launch is one of the most exciting moments at Sci-Fi Fan
Trips™ @ Space Camp when you test your construction skills and watch
your rocket shoot off into the sky …….. or crash spectacularly onto
the field. Which will it be?
A highlight of the Sci-Fi Fan Trips™ @ Space Camp is the Science vs.
Science Fiction Panel. Leading science fiction authors join
scientists from NASA for a lively discussion.
This afternoon is filled with more exciting fan events including a
Fan Fiction Writing Workshop (led by one of our panelists), and
Josepha Sherman’s popular presentation, The Mythology of Star
Wars and Star Trek. (choice of one)
Break to prepare for this evening’s Award Banquet.
The highlight of this year’s Sci-Fi Fan Trips™ @ Space Camp is the
Costume Party of the Galaxy and Award Banquet! Dress up as your
favorite science fiction character for this gala event. A themed
menu, award presentations, Alien Bar and karaoke will make this a
party to remember!
Day 4 Monday, August 14 :
Enjoy a sleep-in after the gala party.
 Challenge
your teammates during breakfast to the toughest space and science
fiction trivia you can find. They’ll need it for the Space and
Sci-Fi Trivia Contest – a fast paced event where your team will
compete with other teams for the top prize!
Graduation takes place immediately following the contest.
You are welcome to spend more time at the U.S. Space and Rocket
Center and enjoy another IMAX movie as well as the G-Force
Accelerator, the Space Walk, Space Shot and the Mars Climbing Wall.
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