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With growing competition from the trendy rival camp next door, Camp Launchpad needs all the help it can get to keep its doors open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCampers Val, Mark, and Pete are here for very different reasons: following in the footsteps of an astronaut mum, living up to expectations as a vice president's son, or getting a once-in-a-lifetime scholarship. But they all have one huge thing in common: Their future in the stars launches from here...if there's still a camp to launch from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the hotshot owner of the rival space camp makes a ten-million-dollar bet that could turn Camp Launchpad around, this unlikely trio must band together to pull off a miracle. 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