# By Far, The Coolest Space Geeks on the Planet!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 10, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-far-the-coolest-space-geeks-on-the-planet/160211 "2003-03-10T03:23:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-far-the-coolest-space-geeks-on-the-planet/160211/1 "2003-03-10T03:23:48Z")

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A bunch of [high school kids](http://www.svcn.com/archives/campbellreporter/02.20.02/cover-0208.html) built a full scale mock-up of the space shuttle at their school! They did it against the odds, as well!

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> “We received very little money for the project because no one wants to fund a bunch of kids doing a space simulation,” said George Hain, a Westmont High School senior and four-year program participant.

Ya know, I’m gonna have to see if I can’t scrape together a couple of bucks and send it to 'em! Gives me hope for the future!

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**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-far-the-coolest-space-geeks-on-the-planet/160211/2 "2003-03-10T03:43:33Z")

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Man, we never had cool stuff like that when I was in high school.

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**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-far-the-coolest-space-geeks-on-the-planet/160211/3 "2003-03-10T04:10:24Z")

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On the one hand, I like it. Those kids are motivated and interested in science and engineering, and they give me some hope for the future.

On the other hand, I hate it. The biggest thing we built in school was a cardboard whaleboat for history class.

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**Author:** ![The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-far-the-coolest-space-geeks-on-the-planet/160211/4 "2003-03-10T05:44:50Z")

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Gack! The headline! “School’s science club blasts off into other galaxies”. Clearly, a journalist who never passed science class, or read [my web page about this topic specifically](http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/news/chevron.html).

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-far-the-coolest-space-geeks-on-the-planet/160211/5 "2003-03-10T06:09:35Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Exgineer \*  
> \*\*On the one hand, I like it. Those kids are motivated and interested in science and engineering, and they give me some hope for the future.
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> On the other hand, I hate it. The biggest thing we built in school was a cardboard whaleboat for history class. \*\*

Oy! The biggest thing we built when I was in school was geodesic dome using plastic sheeting and a fan! Of course, some of the older kids got to build a log cabin, but by the time I made it to high school, they’d quit doing that in history class.