September 2, 2009
ARISS CONTACT PLANNED
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Sästraskolan,
The contact will be a telebridge. ARISS groundstation LU8YY, located in
The ARISS contact will be distributed on EchoLink *AMSAT* and *JK1ZRW*
conference servers, as well as on IRLP Discovery Channel 9010.
Sätraskolan is located in Skärholmen in the Southern
part of
The school has children from preschool to 9th
grade with about 550 students and 100 employees. For the past year, the school
has been engulfed in a real space fever. For the upcoming event, more than 1000
questions where submitted. This says quite a lot about the level of motivation
from students and teachers alike. This is also reflected in the slogan selected
for the event “Sätraskolan; skolan som siktar högre” (Sätraskolan; the school
which aims higher)
Participants will ask as many of following questions as time allows.
1. Lovisa: My bean plants twist themselves around
bamboo sticks. How would they behave in space? Mina bönplantor slingrar sig runt
bambukäppar. Hur skulle de bete sig i rymden?
2. Elin: Isn’t it very bad for the environment to travel
to space?
Är det inte mycket miljöförstöring att åka till rymden?
3. Akkis: I saw am film where a flag was waving on the
moon. How could it be waving if there is no air?
Jag såg en film där en flagga vajade på månen. Hur kunde
den vaja om det inte finns någon luft?
4. Johannes: Can a hairdryer work in space?
Kan en hårtork fungera I rymden?
5. David: How can the space station stay attached (to
space)?
Hur kan rymdstationen sitta fast? (i rymden)
6. Abraham: Why doesn’t the space shuttle start like
an aircraft?
Varför startar inte rymdfärjan som ett flygplan?
7. Afrodite: When you are in space, does it feel like
slow-motion?
När man är ute I rymden, känns det som att det är
slowmotion?
8. Isam: Can you see the atmosphere around earth when
you look down at it?
Ser man atmosfären runt jorden när man kollar ner på den?
9. Gerges: Do you turn red in the face when you are
upside down in space?
Blir man röd I ansiktet när man hamnar upp och ner I
rymden?
10. David: Do you sometimes get angry with each other
in space?
Blir ni osams någon gång i rymden?
11. Cawo: How does it fell coming back to earth after
having been weightless?
Hur känns det när man kommer till jorden efter att inte
ha vägt någonting?
12. Jonathan:
Can you feel that your muscles get shorter/that you get weaker?
Känner man att musklerna blir mindre/att man blir
svagare?
13. Natalie: Have you seen a rainbow in space?
Har du sett en regnbåge I rymden?
14. Zhiwar: Can you survive without clothes in space
even though you get oxygen?
Kan man klara sig ute I rymden utan kläder fastän man får
luft?
15. Akram: Do you grow anything on the ISS?
Odlar ni något på ISS?
16. Udanbor: Is it cold in space? Do you freeze when
you go for a spacewalk?
Är det kallt i rymden? Fryser du när du går på
rymdpromenad?
17. Elias: How can you known when it’s day or night?
Hur kan man veta när det är dag eller natt?
18. Sarhad: When you drink, will the water float like
a bubble inside your stomach?
När du dricker, kommer vattnet att flytta runt som en
bubbla I din mage?
19. Julia: Is the food better in space or on earth?
Är maten godare I rymden eller på jorden?
20. Ronia: Do you eat a lot in space?
Äter man mycket i rymden?
ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the
participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and
CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries.
ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of
Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers onboard the International
Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur
Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science,
technology and learning.
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Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS Chairman