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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.
Parents please read:
- the Letter to Parents and
- the more about space sim document.
Map of 440 Albert Street, ground floor
Our room is W027
Street map for 440 Albert St
Resources
OCESS Mission Permission Form
OCESS Procedures Manual (not updated)
Orbit software (not updated)
Subsim software for Europa ocean exploration
Notes for TRANSORB transfer orbit planning software.
Integrating software and hardware primer
Europa return planning document
Mission Iapetus planning document
Flight training
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April 26, 2012
There is NO work session this week.
Normal work sessions resume on May 4th.
Please see below for mission specific information
After-school Work Sessions:
- Dr. Magwood will be present at 440 Albert St. from 3PM to 6PM (sometimes as late as 8PM) each day for the next two weeks unless indicated otherwise here.
- You may contact him on his cell for verification (see letter to parents)
- Please only come to these Mon. to Thurs. sessions if you have a specific task to carry out
- Working ahead with school work is just as important at this time
OCESS Mission Permission Form
Adult Supervision Schedule
Adult Supervisors:- must be at least 21 years of age
- instructions and emergency contact information will be provided
- care staff are present at all hours and radio communications with them will be provided
- a cell phone for your use and for parents to contact you will be provided
Please email Dr. Magwood the first time that you volunteer for a supervision shift so that he can contact you with information and instructions.
NOTICE: not enough people are volunteering for MC shifts (or those other shifts).
- if we do not get enough people for each shift the mission will not proceed
- if we do not get enough parents volunteering to supervise, the mission will not proceed
- the mission is an educational activity!
- you are expected to miss classes during the mission
- this is no different than the expectations for sports teams
- of course teachers would prefer that you not miss any classes, but that is part of the process to reduce time missed from class as much as possible, not to eliminate it. All that you need to do is make sure that you not miss tests, if possible, and catch up on missed work.
- if the mission does not run, there is not much point having the club
Mars Mission:
- mission profile - how do we get there; Mars is not quite in conjunction, but it is close and we may have to pass close to the Sun to get there quickly.
- mission goals: we need to add to the list of goals and experiments
- mission prep:
- MC staffing list schedule
- MC roles
- supplies list for spacecraft
- last-minute repairs, modifications, etc. to spacecraft
- more items I am sure, the more we write down, the better
- Science team training (MC and Astros): geo-training documents will start going up this week
- Engineering design team: we need nicely drawn-up plans for the shelter
- more items here, too, I am sure
- important lessons from past missions...
Summary of what transpired in the return phase of our last training mission:
For those of us who want to get more practice we have zip folders for:
Please note that all of these practice packages use the MC telemetry version of the orbit software. Therefore, you must press 'x' to turn telemetry off as soon as you start the software (you will see "TELEMETRY OFF" above the date).
You can load the file "Nov11" to try to correct our training mission situation as of the end of last work session.
A few points concerning task forces:
- The planetary surface task force and the airlock rebuilding task force should write up a list of supplies needed to complete their work.
- If you are in any way interested in the electronics side of our simulation, bug the commander incessantly to explain how all of this works and let you participate in the building and design! We must still complete the job of:
- complete the wiring of the video/audio communications control circuits
- start wiring the control panels.
There should be lots of work for all sorts of people. If you want some introductory reading, try the Integrating software and hardware primer
- The general clean-up and organization of the room is going really well. I am most impressed with both the effort and the initiative.
- On the other hand, there are a few ways in which we can improve how we manage our work sessions:
- please try to get all of your Quickie runs taken care of early in the evening
- remember that the only places that we can congregate are in the sim room or the hallway outside (for short periods). We can use the pit, but only when I am there
- if you do need to exit the building later in the evening, please let me know so that I can arrange to have you let back in. Do not prop the doors open.
- if you are going to be at the work session, please participate as much as possible. Socializing is important, but we all need to get jobs done as well. In particular, there were a number of people present during the training mission who could have been working in MC at a time when MC was critically short-staffed
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