by BSN
Living in Huntsville, AL - excuse me, HuntsVEGAS, AL - means living in a community with close ties to the space program. It was here at Redstone Arsenal that Werner von Braun and the German rocket scientists eventually settled and developed the rockets that carried man into space and to the moon.
Every morning, I drive past the U.S Space & Rocket Center, home of Space Camp. My daughters love visiting the Space Center, and we make frequent use of our annual pass. Both want to attend Space Camp, but only the oldest is old enough this year. However, the cost is prohibitive: $1,000 for the week-long program during the summer.
I made her a deal, though: if she applied for every scholarship and worked to earn as much of the money as she can, I'd find a way to fill in any cost gaps. One idea she had was that she wanted to start a website and try to get donations. She's had a blog for several years that she posts to intermittently and she taught herself html and rudimentary graphics, so I bought a domain name and set up a wordpress template and she's off and running: Send me to Space Camp.
She updates every so often with space-related topics that she finds interesting. There are links to accept donations through Paypal, or through a "Top Spots" widget that allows webmasters to buy a google-friendly nofollow link. She crossed the $100 line a short while ago, and has several more months to get the momentum going to carry her to Space Camp. I am hoping to see more frequent posts from her, and I think she has several lined up and ready to go.
