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	Solutions for space travel and exploration include various construction projects.  Bridges, machines to break rocks, and portable power are some.

Cabell Hall bustled with energy as the MU Continuing Education Department Virtual Space Camp got under way with twenty-four eager students working to solve real problems in exploring space.This camp will focus on asteroid, similar to Eros that was visited by the NEAR spacecraft from NASA.

Other students worked on solutions by constructing small machines to aid space travel and survival.

More construction, ideas, and solutions.  Astronauts may not travel to asteroids, but specialized machines will explore many objects in space.

Space age conveyor belts may aid in extracting and transporting minerals from asteroids.

	Students of all ages enjoy the challenges of space travel.

Computers aid student scientists in programming space machines.

	Entertainment during long space journeys may include this fun house ride.  The tarantula checking it out.
This car will not be in space, but the bridge may work for other uses while exploring and gathering resources from alien landscapes.

Battery power will be essential in space, as are these vehicles designed to travel on uneven surfaces.

Cranes work anywhere lifting power is needed.  Perhaps this young astronaut will call upon a space towing service in the future.

Marshall University Continuing Education Department LEGO Links of Linda Hamilton Davis Creek Elementary LEGO Site Map

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 Created 6 / 25 / 2001
L. Hamilton (hamilton@marshall.edu)
S. Simon (ssimon@access.k12.wv.us)