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Space Camp
Huntsville, Alabama

Why it's fun: The three- to eight-day adult program simulates astronaut training and an actual shuttle mission in as realistic a setting as possible. You'll don real flight suits and work with NASA-developed training equipment, which demonstrates how your body feels during a launch or what it's like to walk on the moon weighing one-sixth of your earth weight. Some virtual experiences you have: spending six to nine hours in an international space station, going though countdown, docking your vessel, doing a space walk, and landing.

Who goes: Billionaires, including the heads of Google, and intrigued viewers who watched the Apollo 11 on TV.

Great add-on: The idea of Space Camp was developed by NASA scientist Dr. Wernher von Braun, who also created the famous Saturn V rocket in Huntsville. See the restored Saturn V at the newly opened Davidson Center for Space Exploration in Huntsville.

Price: $449–$1,299

Contact: www.spacecamp.com