ARISS SCHOOL CONTACT PLANNED WITH
An International Space Station ARISS
school contact has been planned on Friday June 8th, 2007 with Colegio La Salle located in Palencia,
Spain.The event is scheduled to begin at approximately
10:55 UTC which is 12:55 local time.
The contact will be a telebridge between stations W6SRJ and NN1SS. ARISS ground
station W6SRJ is located in
Between
The audio of this ARISS School Contact
will be broadcast to the amateur radio worldwide community by EcholInk and IRLP.
EchoLink - The audio from this contact 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/ At what
moment did you discover that you wanted to become an astronaut?
2/ What did you
have to study to become an astronaut?
3/ Did you need
to speak other languages than English to be selected for this mission?
4/ Has your country offered you
facilities to become an astronaut ?
5/ Now that you are in space, what do
you miss most?
6/ What is
taken into account when selecting individuals for a mission to space?
7 /Do you get more tired when you are in
space than when you are on earth?
8/ How many hours a day do you have to work when
you are on the space station?
9/ In your free time, do you play cards or something? Can
you watch TV?
10/ Have you ever seen a flying saucer or
any space ship from another planet?
11/ Do you listen to music?
12/ What do you
feel when you are floating for so long a time?
13/ What did
you have today for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
14/ How many
calories do you get everyday?
15/ What is the
way for you to be able to differentiate days from nights?
16/ Are there different rooms
in the space ship or is there only one
in which you spend all the time?
17/ Have you made any important
discovery lately?
18/ Can your family get in touch with
you through the phone?
19/ Can you connect to the Internet?
20/ Can you take a shower in the space
station?
Good luck to the school!
73
Gaston Bertels
ARISS-Europe chairman