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Checking into Space Camp Turkey4 viewsLocated in the Aegean Free Zone, Space Camp Turkey was the second institution of its kind to be established worldwide, the original being in Huntsville, Alabama. Its primary focus is to promote education in science by inspiring interest in space travel.
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Getting acquainted7 viewsOur tour group munches on noshes provided by Space Camp while getting acquainted with the staff.
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Surveyor Lunar Lander6 viewsA mockup of the first US spacecraft to successfully make a soft landing on the Moon.
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Pictures at an Exhibition3 viewsChuck and Sandie check out some of the pictures on the wall near the Surveryor Lunar Lander. Space Camp promotes international amity; even Greek and Turkish kids get along fine here, regardless of their parents' hostilities. (No Armenians though.)
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Mars Surface Exhibit4 viewsA simulation of the surface of the planet Mars. No Martians in evidence.
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Hydroponics Lab3 viewsWhere Martian carnivorous plants are grown to prepare trainees for an eventual landing on the Red Planet. They also help the staff to deal with uncooperative visitors.
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Orientation Session5 viewsFacilities at Space Camp Turkey feature simulators to give participants the sensations of working and living in space. The orientation tells you what to expect, what are your chances of survival, etc.
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Sandie on the 5DF3 viewsSandie is about to go for a ride on the 5-Degree-of-Freedom (5DF) trainer, the purpose of which I've never been able to figure out. In fact, it doesn't look like it has ANY degree of freedom, forget about five.
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Who's afraid of the 5DF?4 viewsNot Sandie - she's having way too much fun on this contraption!
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Pat Bush on the 5DF3 viewsStoic endurance.
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Chuck Mattox on the 5DF3 viewsChuck seems to be having a blast. He should have been an astronaut.
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A bit shaky on the 5DF5 viewsNo sense of balance - I'd have made a hell of a lousy astronaut.
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