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Welcome
to Spacesim.org!
We
welcome you to the official website of the Ottawa-Carleton
Educational Space Simulation (OCESS for short).
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Informally called Spacesim, OCESS is a non-profit organization
that promotes a greater understanding of space exploration and
research in students of all ages.
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By conducting a 96-hour simulated mission to a chosen planet,
moon, or asteroid, Spacesim strives to foster initiative and
responsibility in its members, while instilling love and respect
of space and science.
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Feel free to explore our site. There is always something new and
interesting happening at Spacesim.org. Click on any of the links
below to start exploring:
About
Us: Contains information about Spacesim's Mission Statement,
History, Contact Information and more.
Education:
Features descriptions of space-related programs offered to
school-children of all ages.
Archives:
Contains information about past missions, downloadable files and
images, and previous meeting minutes.
Mission:
Features details about Spacesim's simulated mission to Mars in
the 2007-2008 school year, as well as information about past
missions
If
you would like to visit our facilities on Albert St., please
contact us.
In the Downloads section you can find maps to help
you get there.
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May 23rd 2009
Important news for current members!
If you are interested in taking on a leadership role in space sim next year, please fill out the commander application and give it to one of the current commanders.
- The mission is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 27th.
- All of you know that we have been working very hard to get the habitat, mission control, and simulator areas
completed and functional in time for the mission and will continue to do so over the next week.
- There will be a work session at Albert Street on Friday April 24th.
- At this time, we do not have a work session scheduled for Saturday, April 25th.
Space sim members are encouraged to use this next week and the weekend of the 25th to get as far ahead with their school work as possible.
- Monday 27th may well turn out to be a final work session to complete mission preparation. We will be able to work as late as we like on this date.
- Please continue to work on the flight team assignment. You don't have to get everything right or even complete (the more complete the better). The process of working on this assignment will do much to prepare you to participate in the mission as meaningfully as possible no matter what your assigned task. If you have any difficulties, please contact Mr. Magwood for assistance.
Permission Form
Please download and print off the mission permission form and complete it before showing it to your parents and teachers. If you are a mission controller or simulator, please check with one of the commanders this week to finalize your shift schedule. We need a larger number of mission controllers for critical phases of the mission (lauches, landings, buzzing Saturn...).
A field trip form will be given out later this next week.
Health Information Form
Participant Health Information Form
The purpose of this form is to have a record of emergency contact numbers for student and adult participants during the mission should any unusual circumstance or medical emergency arise. If there are any relevant health issues (allergies or other conditions) of which the adult surpervisors should be aware, please make note of them as well.
Mission Profile Development
Zip file for mission profile development teams.
The ZIP file contains the procedures manual, the 2009 mission Iapetus summary (including flight team instructions), and all of the necessary orbit software.
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