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March 25: Space Camp Turkey |
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Cherie and Atilla with Veli Uluer, head of Space Camp Turkey. |
Charles with Tolga Yildirim. |
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Tolga and Mevlude. |
Members of the eclipse tour on Mars. |
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The tour group gets their orientation before starting on the simulators. |
Charles lands the Space Shuttle with lots of encouragement from his "crew." |
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Pat takes her ride on the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). |
Kathy shoots Sandra on the 5-Degree of Freedom trainer (5DF). |
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Atilla is introduced to Googles, Tully, and Infy by Cherie. |
Charles keeps his feet up on the 5DF while Elouise shoots photos. |
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Jim on the MMU. |
Even I got to take a spin, literally! |
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Faruk Dogan of SCT. |
Cherie has separation anxiety on the 5DF, but once she's floating in space, she's having a great time. |
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Pam, Rick, and Jerry on the MMU. |
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David and Cherie on the MMU, while Pat watches the kids. |
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Marvin and Atilla experience the 5DF. |
Charles on the Zero-G wall as Mevlude watches. |
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Marvin bounces along the Moonscape in the 1/6th-G simulator. |
The Zero-Gravity Wall was very popular. |
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The Space Station Mobility Trainer (SSMT) |
Jim and Marvin aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. |
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Rick, Al, and Mike run things from Mission Control. |
Mission Control operations. You can see Elouise aboard the Discovery on the screen in front. |
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Charles and Sandra operate Mission Control. |
Our filet mignon lunch at Space Camp Turkey. |
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Pat on the Multi-Axis Trainer (MAT). |
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Pam bounces on the Moon. |
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Our group gathers at the base of the Saturn V model that is the landmark of Space Camp Turkey. |
Atilla joins NASA. |
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Rick checks out Kaya Tuncer's antique car collection during our tour of the Aegean Free Zone. This is a 1957 BMW Isetta. |
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Mike and Al discuss the antique car collection with our Free Zone guide, Gozde Okyay. |
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The nursery at the Aegean Free Zone. |
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A highlight of the Free Zone tour is Enercon. They build huge blades for windmill power generating stations. |
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Sunset from the Karaca Hotel. |
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The Karaca Hotel in Izmir. |
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