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Sally K. Ride,12:10 PM 9/2/9...,Re: Space for KIDSAT     1       
                                              
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Date : Fri, 2 Sep 94 12:10:03 -0700
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From: sride@ucsd.edu (Sally K. Ride)
Subject: Re: Space for KIDSAT
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Bill:

I am sorry that I could not respond to you yesterday. I am actually at a KidSat curriculum meeting in Pasadena this week.

I'm glad to hear that the CRB is a "promising option" - the nearer this space can be to our existing lab, the better.

I am also happy to answer your questions.

(1) Usage and Layout of Labs

    (a)The Teacher Resource/Curriculum Development Lab. This lab will be used by the UCSD undergraduates who are compiling the multi-media resources (e.g., Earth images from NASA) and developing the software (e.g., Mosaic home pages, Mosaic-based multi-media curriculum models, Earth image databases, etc); UCSD Teacher Education Program (TEP) students and interns working with this information; and the San Diego city teachers associated with this project. The room will house our video mastering equipment, laser disk player, video monitors, CD mastering equipment, a workstation server, storage media, 10-15 AV MacIntoshes, scanner, color printer, and a conference table. It will be the site for curriculum development workshops and resource meetings, involving undergraduates, high school "interns", scientists (e.g., from UCSD, JPL, SDSU, etc.) and teachers. 

Our current lab (home to several NASA Space Grant and space physics and engineering projects) is about 1100 sq.ft. total, about 800 sq.ft. of which is the actual lab, and about 300 sq.ft. of which is directly connected to the lab and contain 4 desks (which out students share), telephone, fax, and storage (for books, software manuals, powerbooks, a flat panel display, overhead projector, video camera, etc.).  We picture using the 1000 sq.ft. resource/curriculum lab in a similar way, with about 800 sq.ft. devoted to the lab itself - as described above - and about 200 sq.ft. for 3 desks (for students and teachers to share on a rotating basis).  The requirements would clearly also be satisfied by an ∼800 sq.ft. lab and a small adjunct office that would serve as the "bullpen" and storage area.

         (b) Prototype Mission Control Center.  The second lab will serve a different function and will be laid out differently (loosely based on models of current payload operations centers).  A mission control site is linked directly to NASA, and controls an instrument in space.  We expect it to have 3 workstations (∼DEC Alphas),  3 television monitors, 4-5 Power MacIntoshes, a telephone/fax, and stations for 8-10 people to work


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