You all missed quite a day today.
The kids all had a ball. I will try to share it with you. The boys had a lay day so we took them to Johnson Space Center which is about 15 min away. We got there when it opened at 10am and we didn't leave until about 4 pm. The boys really enjoyed it. They got to do a tour of mission control used for the missions to the moon, saw numerous presentations from newtons laws of physics to what its like to live on the international space station, saw a complete Saturn 5 rocket, saw two movies, one on the space program, and another ending in a live talk from a guy who described the current space shuttle mission that is going on now, with live cuts to mission control and tracking of where the space shuttle was during his talk. This was mixed in with games like astronaut foosball, and simulators that let you try to land the space shuttle.
The girls did not go out again till mid afternoon. There was light air for the first two races and about 18 for the last. All the girls finished in the top half of the fleet. I think they did well but Roberto thinks they have much more potential and is looking forward to having several training days strung together at Rochester and Kingston. I will let you check out the individual results on the regatta site.
At the end of the day, they had quite a bash for the girls. It started with a formal dinner to rival a wedding reception, followed by awards and then a dance (yes they let the boys into the dance). I have to say that they really did a great job for the girls party. It was quite an event. Check out the photos of the day to follow.
Houston out
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