Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Launch off in the East Midlands: "Leicester, we have a problem!" (20 Oct 2003) During the course of a mission, they can expect to encounter a number of challenges requiring a high degree of teamwork, and collaboration between those in the mission control and space station simulators. Joy Horton is education manager at the Space Centre, and says that the children who attend feel as though they are using science and information to prevent real catastrophes. "We get kids coming out who really think they've saved their friends from certain death," she says. Of course, the staff at the centre carefully control every mission, and provide help for groups who are struggling. For more able groups, the number of challenges and the urgency for fast responses can be increased instead. Article URL: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/viewpoint/art05.htm Read 76 more articles from NESTA Futurelab sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Predicting Iterative Projects     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy