ARISS SCHOOL CONTACT PLANNED WITH
Students from
The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and ON4ISS. NA1SS will be
operated by Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi KE7KDP / HA5SIK. The contact
should be audible all over
The ARISS EchoLink
and IRLP teams will relay the audio from this contact. The contact will also be
webcast courtesy of Verizon
Conferencing.
EchoLink - The audio will be available on the EchoLink *AMSAT* (node 101 377) and the *JK1ZRW*
(node 277 208) conference rooms. Please connect to the *JK1ZRW* server to keep
the load light on the *AMSAT* server. This will ensure good audio quality
for all listeners.
IRLP - Connect
to the IRLP reflector 9010.
You may also connect via the IRLP
Discovery website at
http://www.discoveryreflector.ca/listen.htm.
Students will ask as many of the
following questions as time allows:
1.
Maddison: What significance does space exploration
have for you? (i.e. Why did you want to go?)
2.
Katie: What was your biggest fear about space travel and living before you
left?
3. Catherine:
What was takeoff like? Did you feel a lot of pressure? Did it feel fast?
4.
Kristin: What did you do during the two days it took to get to the space
station?
5.
Michael: What was the first thing you did in zero gravity?
6.
Sandra: Can you see the
7.
8.
Gerard: What do you think when you look out the window and see the earth from
space?
9.
Kevin: When you look down on the earth, can you see the impact of humans?
10.
Ashika: What is your sleep pattern aboard the ISS? Do
you sleep eight hours straight?
11.
Thomas: What personal items did you bring with you, and why?
12.
Samuel: Did you wish to be a space traveler when you
were still a kid?
13.
Anna: When you were in training, was there a computer game or program given to
you that helped you prepare?
14.
Connor: What do you expect coming back from space to be after a week or two?
Will it be hard to move?
15.
Erick: Since there is no up and down in space, do you still get dizzy if you
spin yourself around?
16.
Ryan: Why do you think it is important for people to travel into space?
17.
Saul: What does an astronaut / cosmonaut do for fun in
space?
18.
Jason: With which earth time zone is the ISS synchronized and why that
particular one?
19.
Eamaan: How much math is involved in becoming an
astronaut?
20.
Anthony: Why was your transportation to the space station facilitated by the
Russian space program instead of NASA?
Please note, the amateur equipment on
the ISS is not functioning in the automatic modes properly and may be silent
more than usual.
ARISS, Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station, an international working group of several amateur
radio societies from countries participating to the ISS, provides a free
educational outreach programme in collaboration with the Space Agencies,
involving a worldwide team of volunteering amateur radio operators.
Gaston Bertels,
ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman