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4 [Proud of MCG...built from scratch designed by UCSD students (NASA help) some NASA $$, but ≥ 900,000 in donated HW, SW, equipment [[?]] [cool] Durign [[?]] MCG staffed 24 hrs/day 3 shifts/22 per shifts [˜ 66 students participating] 1 function: translate info from NASA, & make it available (over web) to middle school students At middle schools: - students set up mission operations centres (maps, TV monitors, computes, shuttle info) - connected to UCSD by internet - getting info from UCSD that allowed them to figure out - what area shuttle will go over - day/night - cloudy => all info they need, in order to specify exactly when camera should take picture