Just came back from a trip to the US Spacecamp in  Huntsville  Alabama.

If you are a teacher , you can go there for free if you apply for a Honeywell Spacecamp grant. Tons of activities await you. Lots of classroom material for you to bring back and exciting space simulations for your own experience.

When you get there, don't expect much quiet time because every minute is important. Once you get back to the dorm, better get some sleep because the next day seams always busier than the previous one.

You absolutely must go to their website and check out all the great stuff that is waiting for you.

	I also got a chance to visit the  Vonbraun astronomy club with professor Wesley Swift
	I certainly would like to have access to a 16 inch scope in my backyard The observatory was in a mountain park outside of the city. He even showed us what is left of  Dr. VonBraun's personal telescope. The whole place is made of recycled "space junk". They made a planetarium molded from a Saturn V fuel tank and the observatory dome was made with the framing used to aassemble Skylab !