The Creator
The Space Shuttle Clickable Map was created by Joshua S. Mussaf. I graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, in Daytona Beach, Florida in August 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering. During my five years at Embry-Riddle, I was a contributor to the Avion Newspaper, the weekly student newspaper. Duri ng that time, I served in many Editorial positions, including three semesters as the Space Technology Editor, and as the Editor in Chief during the Spring 1994 semester. As Space Technology Editor, I attended five shuttle launches from the press site at t he Kennedy Space Center, as well as covering all aspects of interest to the aviation and aerospace community at Embry-Riddle. A sample of some of some of the events I attended are shown in the Orbiter Proc essing section. In addition, I assisted in the creation of the Avion Online, the first weekly Aviation and Aerospace newspaper on the World Wide Web in August 1994.In addition to my involvement with the Avion, I was an active member in Student Space Awareness during the Summer and Fall of 1994. One of my final activities with SSA was presenting the official proposal for Student Space Awareness to various aerospace executives at the Space Systems Division office of Rockwell International in Cocoa Beach, Florida. The response was overwhelmingly positive.
The Concept
The initial concept for The Space Shuttle Clickable Map, an interactive educational introduction to the Space Shuttle, was first introduced in October 1994. However due to graduation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and subsequent search for employment, the project was "mothballed" until February 1995. The month of February was spent researching the information, as well as planning out the photographs and the actual imagemap. Most of the production took place March 3 - 5 in Daytona Beach, Florida, using the equipment and resources of the Avion Newspaper, including Adobe Photoshop and HTML Editor for the Macintosh. During that time, all the photographs used in The Space Shuttle Clickable Map were digitized, resized and adjusted for viewing over the World Wide Web. In addition, the imagemap photograph was developed, designed and the associated imagemap file was created. The text for all the pages was created in mid-March, with the final document, this page, created on March 29, 1995. All of the HTML pages were coded in Wilmington, Delaware using HTML Assistant. The pages were then sent and set up on the SEDS World Wide Web server at the University of Arizona, where the project currently resides. However, the actual imagemap file currently resides on the main server at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, which uses Netscape's Netsite server software.
The Value
The educational value of The Space Shuttle Clickable Map has already been recognized. In a paper by Student Space Awareness Founder Brian Gamage entitled, "Student Space Action's Role in Promoting Space Activism to Universities and High Schools", which was submitted to the 32nd Space Congress, the concept was discussed in the section "Education Through the Internet."
One idea for online education material was posed by SSA alumni member Joshua Mussaf, who is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Josh's idea was to create a touch-sensitive graphic of the space shuttle that contains hyperlinks t o more information about the various parts.
The Specs
All information contained in The Space Shuttle Clickable Map was obtained from various press releases and informational summaries from NASA. All photographs are credit of NASA, except where noted in the "Orbiter Processing" section.This is by no means the final version of this project. Future "upgrades" include the inclusion of sound and video and additional sections on various subcomponents of the Shuttle.
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