{"id":5428,"date":"2008-06-18T18:18:26","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T18:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groonk.net\/blog\/?p=5428"},"modified":"2008-06-18T18:18:26","modified_gmt":"2008-06-18T18:18:26","slug":"cnet-reporter-trains-at-space-camp-aviation-challenge-goes-unnoticed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2008\/06\/cnet-reporter-trains-at-space-camp-aviation-challenge-goes-unnoticed\/","title":{"rendered":"CNET reporter Trains at Space Camp, Aviation Challenge Goes Unnoticed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like any good tourist, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/2300-13576_3-6241804-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg\" class=\"external external_icon\">he took pictures <\/a>of what he saw.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-13772_3-9970134-52.html?tag=blogFeed\" class=\"external external_icon\">Space Camp, if you&#8217;re not familiar with it, is an Alabama state program that since 1982 has given more than half a million kids a week of training in what it takes to be an astronaut.<\/a> I had come here as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/Road-Trip-2008-Geek-Gestalt-explores-the-South\/2009-13576_3-6240311.html\" class=\"external external_icon\">Road Trip 2008<\/a>, my journey through the South, to see a little bit of what I had been hearing about since my teen years.<br \/>\nClick for gallery<\/p>\n<p>During their week here, kids aged 7 to 18 get a primer in a series of space-related activities, including piloting a space shuttle, running a shuttle mission, repairing a busted satellite, moon walking, and, yes, being spun around with huge force on the multi-axis trainer. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh, I&#8217;m familiar. I took a job answering phones there once. Being a Jizz Mopper in Hell would have been a kinder way to make a living.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-13772_3-9970134-52.html?tag=blogFeed\" class=\"external external_icon\">cnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like any good tourist, he took pictures of what he saw. Space Camp, if you&#8217;re not familiar with it, is an Alabama state program that since 1982 has given more than half a million kids a week of training in what it takes to be an astronaut. I had come here as part of Road [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,81],"tags":[212,138,211,210],"class_list":["post-5428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alabama","category-space","tag-huntsville","tag-people-i-share-a-state-with","tag-reporter","tag-space-camp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}