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Posted: 7/22/2021 6:22:11 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/22/2021 6:24:55 AM EDT
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Sent both my daughters there
The older was interested in aerospace Engineering or space meteorology. She has her BS in Meteorology What ruined it for her second time were the kids that were sent there for free and didn’t want to be there. You know, the at risk youth…Totally ruined the final mission and had her in tears. I was pissed and let them know it |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 6:27:13 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/22/2021 6:30:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sent both my daughters there The older was interested in aerospace Engineering or space meteorology. She has her BS in Meteorology What ruined it for her second time were the kids that were sent there for free and didn’t want to be there. Totally ruined the final mission and had her in tears. I was pissed and let them know it Carnak.jpeg |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 6:42:42 AM EDT
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Just tell your kid not to befriend a robot named Jinx
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Posted: 7/22/2021 6:47:44 AM EDT
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Tagged. Always wanted to go as a kid.
Now vicariously hoping mine will want to go at the right age. |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 6:59:01 AM EDT
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I went as a kid, worked there during/after college, as did my wife. Still have a friend working there and currently have a nephew working as a counselor. Ask me, and I will ask them.
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Posted: 7/22/2021 7:04:57 AM EDT
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My parents sent me like 30 years ago lol.
when you first get there they gave us a test in the auditorium. Your score determines what roles you will play. Not everyone gets to be commander or pilot. It pays to study up on space and nasa first. Some kids ended up payload specialist and just did weird experiments during the mission instead of anything flight related. we did two simulations. You play a role on the shuttle orbiter on one and a role on ground control on the other. Some kids played a role on the Skylab which I assume would be the ISS now. if you do well on the test and get commander or pilot, you won't also get to be the superstar on ground control like flight director. Both missions have a timeline you follow with things that need to be accomplished. They throw curveballs at ya like warning lights on the dash. it was fun. A few days of orientation and tours leading up to the simulations. Met some cool friends at the time. let them get the flight suit, they will feel cool while they are there. |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 7:06:32 AM EDT
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When I was in 5th grade the district sent all the 5th graders for a week. Probably not much help since this was 20 years ago.
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Posted: 7/22/2021 7:09:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My parents sent me like 30 years ago lol. when you first get there they gave us a test in the auditorium. Your score determines what roles you will play. Not everyone gets to be commander or pilot. It pays to study up on space and nasa first. Some kids ended up payload specialist and just did weird experiments during the mission instead of anything flight related. we did two simulations. You play a role on the shuttle orbiter on one and a role on ground control on the other. Some kids played a role on the Skylab which I assume would be the ISS now. if you do well on the test and get commander or pilot, you won't also get to be the superstar on ground control like flight control. Both missions have a timeline you follow with things that need to be accomplished. They throw curveballs at ya like warning lights on the dash. it was fun. A few days of orientation and tours leading up to the simulations. Met some cool friends at the time. let them get the flight suit, they will feel cool while they are there. Wait a minute, I was a payload specialist when I went.  But then, I didn't give a shit about history of who was who, former administrators or Senate select committees on whatever. Kharn |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 7:37:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sent both my daughters there The older was interested in aerospace Engineering or space meteorology. She has her BS in Meteorology What ruined it for her second time were the kids that were sent there for free and didn’t want to be there. You know, the at risk youth…Totally ruined the final mission and had her in tears. I was pissed and let them know it I'd be super pissed, too, given what it costs. Go send the shitbirds to some local summer STEM program if you want to waste people's time and leave Spacecamp to those who work for a living and want to be there. |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 7:47:26 AM EDT
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I went in 5th grade to the one in Montreal. I remember it being fun, but don't remember any specifics. Would've been 2003 I think.
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Posted: 7/22/2021 7:52:14 AM EDT
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In for info as I am planning on sending one of kids next year.
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Posted: 7/22/2021 7:52:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just tell your kid not to befriend a robot named Jinx |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 7:58:26 AM EDT
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Sister went and loved it.
I went down the road to Aviation Challenge that same week. Won top gun in the simulators. |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 8:03:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sent both my daughters there The older was interested in aerospace Engineering or space meteorology. She has her BS in Meteorology What ruined it for her second time were the kids that were sent there for free and didn't want to be there. You know, the at risk youthTotally ruined the final mission and had her in tears. I was pissed and let them know it I can relate. our first mission we had to retrieve a satellite or some shit. Some kid completely screwed that up and threw off our timeline and made it rough on everyone else. |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 8:14:44 AM EDT
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I went to Space Academy way back in like '89.
It was amazing back then with an actual space program running. Went in Huntsville, AL because at that time there was also Space Camp in Florida. Huntsville was near Red Stone Rocket arsenal. We were fortunate to see an SRB test live at Redstone. I still have my diploma, wings, and flightsuit packed away somewhere. ETA: back then they had two sets of student quarters. One was like apartments and one was a bunk house. We stayed in the bunkhouse setup, one large room whole bunch of bunkbeds. One night near the end of the week we moved all of the bunks out of the room and used pillows and a Koosh ball to play baseball in the room. |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 8:17:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I went to Space Academy way back in like '89. It was amazing back then with an actual space program running. Went in Huntsville, AL because at that time there was also Space Camp in Florida. Huntsville was near Red Stine Rocket arsenal. We were fortunate to see an SRB test live at Redstone. I still have my diploma, wings, and flightsuit packed away somewhere. |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 8:18:33 AM EDT
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Not Space Camp, but one of the Challenger Learning Centers. I took my students there for about 10 years, but my school stopped the funding for all field trips. We did about 2 weeks of "training" in class beforehand and each job had a bunch of activities to do. 99% of my students loved it! I think most of the 1% were just trying to act cool by saying it sucked. It was boring for me as the teacher since I could not do anything and had to just watch my students have all the fun. I would walked around and watched and played with the robotic arms that were not being used. Never could get the hang of those things. Awesome experience!!
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Posted: 7/22/2021 8:19:53 AM EDT
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Lance Bass space camp?
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Posted: 7/22/2021 8:25:12 AM EDT
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One of my girls went multiple years. She enjoyed it.
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Posted: 7/22/2021 8:30:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wait a minute, I was a payload specialist when I went. But then, I didn't give a shit about history of who was who, former administrators or Senate select committees on whatever. Kharn Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My parents sent me like 30 years ago lol. when you first get there they gave us a test in the auditorium. Your score determines what roles you will play. Not everyone gets to be commander or pilot. It pays to study up on space and nasa first. Some kids ended up payload specialist and just did weird experiments during the mission instead of anything flight related. we did two simulations. You play a role on the shuttle orbiter on one and a role on ground control on the other. Some kids played a role on the Skylab which I assume would be the ISS now. if you do well on the test and get commander or pilot, you won't also get to be the superstar on ground control like flight control. Both missions have a timeline you follow with things that need to be accomplished. They throw curveballs at ya like warning lights on the dash. it was fun. A few days of orientation and tours leading up to the simulations. Met some cool friends at the time. let them get the flight suit, they will feel cool while they are there. Wait a minute, I was a payload specialist when I went. But then, I didn't give a shit about history of who was who, former administrators or Senate select committees on whatever. Kharn Heh, I was a payload specialist, too! LOVED my time there, had a huge influence on my love of technology and caused me to get interested in electronics. Do they still have the old Lunar Lander video game? |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 8:33:43 AM EDT
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Fuck! I never got to go to space camp
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Posted: 7/22/2021 8:34:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I went to Space Academy way back in like '89. It was amazing back then with an actual space program running. Went in Huntsville, AL because at that time there was also Space Camp in Florida. Huntsville was near Red Stone Rocket arsenal. We were fortunate to see an SRB test live at Redstone. I still have my diploma, wings, and flightsuit packed away somewhere. ETA: back then they had two sets of student quarters. One was like apartments and one was a bunk house. We stayed in the bunkhouse setup, one large room whole bunch of bunkbeds. One night near the end of the week we moved all of the bunks out of the room and used pillows and a Koosh ball to play baseball in the room. When I went, they put us up in old barracks at Redstone. Kinda cool, my mom had worked at Redstone Arsenal during the Apollo program (ended up moving to the Cape after marrying my dad -he worked in assembly on the Saturn V rockets). |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 8:38:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not Space Camp, but one of the Challenger Learning Centers. I took my students there for about 10 years, but my school stopped the funding for all field trips. We did about 2 weeks of "training" in class beforehand and each job had a bunch of activities to do. 99% of my students loved it! I think most of the 1% were just trying to act cool by saying it sucked. It was boring for me as the teacher since I could not do anything and had to just watch my students have all the fun. I would walked around and watched and played with the robotic arms that were not being used. Never could get the hang of those things. Awesome experience!!  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 8:46:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sent both my daughters there The older was interested in aerospace Engineering or space meteorology. She has her BS in Meteorology What ruined it for her second time were the kids that were sent there for free and didn’t want to be there. You know, the at risk youth…Totally ruined the final mission and had her in tears. I was pissed and let them know it Diversity is overrated. I don’t care what the SJWs say, you get the best results from a group of like minded individuals working together as a team. |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 9:14:26 AM EDT
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Not my kids, but I went to the Future Astronaut Training Program at the Kansas Cosmosphere when I was young.
It was an amazing experience and if you have a chance to send your kids to something like that, I would highly recommend it! 
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Posted: 7/22/2021 9:20:21 AM EDT
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My wife did it two years ago. It was a free trip as an educator. She had a blast.
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Posted: 7/22/2021 9:29:44 AM EDT
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too risky since they may accidently be launched into real space
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Posted: 7/22/2021 10:07:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: too risky since they may accidently be launched into real space Only if there is a thermal curtain failure. |
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Posted: 7/22/2021 10:25:17 AM EDT
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I was probably there with some of you back in the late eighties.
Space academy first then aviation challenge later. Stayed in the new dorms the second time. Awesome. Still dress up in my flight suit for my wife. Lol. I remember a bunch of us singing you've lost that loving feeling to a hot camp counselor under the Pathfinder. Total dorks, but loved every minute of it. I studied the STS manual before, still have it. I was Commander for the first mission, second some flunky at mission control. Balance the good with the bad! |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 6:07:02 AM EDT
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Bump for any more info.
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Posted: 8/9/2021 6:36:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fuck! I never got to go to space camp Neither did I. Do they have it for adults?
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Posted: 8/9/2021 6:39:44 AM EDT
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Sent my son to Boeing Flight Camp one summer. He's a commercial pilot now
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Posted: 8/9/2021 6:44:01 AM EDT
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My grade went when I was in 4th grade.
My parents didn’t let me go so I was stuck at school for a week with a dozen other kids that were in the same situation. |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 6:48:18 AM EDT
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My grade went when I was in 4th grade.
My parents didn’t let me go so I was stuck at school for a week with a dozen other kids that were in the same situation. Ummm…. Hang fire? |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 7:11:50 AM EDT
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Sent one of my sons, though I think he was younger than 14. He had a ball. I have nothing bad to say about it.
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Posted: 8/9/2021 8:10:15 AM EDT
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My parents sent me there, probably to get me out of their hair for a couple weeks. I had only the most minimal interest in space one could have.
Tbh if your kid isn't a super space nerd, there's a good chance it will be a pretty lame experience like mine. |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 8:16:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tagged. Always wanted to go as a kid. Now vicariously hoping mine will want to go at the right age. https://www.rocketcenter.com/astronauttraining/adult https://www.spacecamp.com/space/adult/advanced |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 10:55:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was probably there with some of you back in the late eighties. Space academy first then aviation challenge later. Stayed in the new dorms the second time. Awesome. Still dress up in my flight suit for my wife. Lol. I remember a bunch of us singing you've lost that loving feeling to a hot camp counselor under the Pathfinder. Total dorks, but loved every minute of it. I studied the STS manual before, still have it. I was Commander for the first mission, second some flunky at mission control. Balance the good with the bad!  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 11:06:12 AM EDT
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A friend of mines sister got sent. She's a professional dance instructor now...
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Posted: 8/9/2021 11:10:42 AM EDT
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MAX NEEDS THERMAL CURTAIN FAILURE!
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Posted: 8/9/2021 11:28:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: When I was in 5th grade the district sent all the 5th graders for a week. Probably not much help since this was 20 years ago. We were in the same district at the same time then. I got sick the second day, and spent the week watching Space Balls and Space Jam on repeat in sick bay. Fun times. |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 11:31:10 AM EDT
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We did but they accidentally launched our kids into space and we haven't seen them since...
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Posted: 8/9/2021 11:37:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We were in the same district at the same time then. I got sick the second day, and spent the week watching Space Balls and Space Jam on repeat in sick bay. Fun times. CFISD? |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 11:41:51 AM EDT
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I went when I was near the end of elementary school.
It was the first time I flew on an airline alone and the first time i saw boobs from a girl my same age. It was a great experience. The camp was fun as well. I wonder if asshats still throw pencils up at the shuttle main fuel tank they used to meet under. I remember looking up during the first meeting and seeing a ton of crap stuck in the foam shell. (In all seriousness, if your child is interested, send them. Unless things have changed dramatically, they'll love the experience if it's the kind of thing they're interested in.) |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 11:43:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: CFISD? That's the one. |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 11:45:48 AM EDT
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I went when I was a kid. It was fucking awesome. One of the highlights of my childhood. I was flight director
 One afternoon they called us all up to the roof of the building we were in to watch Columbia land at KSC. That was pretty cool too. Seriously though, if your kid is into this stuff, buy him all the nerdy shit he wants while you're there. I was so stoked on my flight suit. It's also a great "hey this is what you can do with a STEM career" experience. |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 11:50:21 AM EDT
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I went like 30 years ago as well. The kids from New York were assholes. I was the kid that would turn the lights on in the dorm and wake everyone up as soon as we were supposed to be up. My interests were scientific; most of the other kids seemed like entitled rich kids whose parents got rid of them for a week. In hindsight, while the space aspects weren’t that great, the learning experience of being around those types of kids was excellent.
I’d recommend sending your kids to a 4H camp as well if those are still around. |
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Posted: 8/9/2021 11:53:02 AM EDT
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My Wife went there when she was a kid. Works in Aerospace now. Not sure how related the two are if kid has no interest in that career.
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