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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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Feb. 1, 2012
OCESS Mission Permission Form
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 this week's work session:
- 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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