September 5, 2009
FRANK DE WINNE CONTACT PLANNED WITH MIDDENSCHOOL
KEERBERGEN, BELGIUM
An Expedition 20 ARISS school contact is planned for Frank De Winne, ON1DWN
with Atheneum Middenschool, Keerbergen, Belgium. The contact
is scheduled on
The contact will be a telebridge operated by W6SRJ in
This high school, for students who are in the first grade, is a part of the Koninklijk
Atheneum Keerbergen. The school has
about 560 students, 12 to 14 years old. Participation to the ARISS project is
linked with the course “Technological Education”. The students have a project that has to do
with transportation. The purpose is to
design and make a transportation device that is friendly to the
environment. The project is supported by
a syllabus where the students learn about the different means of
transportation. Space travel is a big
part of this project.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Hoe voelt de lancering en de landing?
How does the launch and landing?
2. Wat vind je van het zweven?
Do you like to float?
3. Moet je altijd een ruimtepak aan?
Do you always have to wear a space suit?
4. Hoe ga je in de ruimte naar het toilet?
How do you go to the toilet in space?
5. Hoe hou je contact met je familie en vrienden?
How do you stay in touch with your family and friends?
6. Waarom ga je graag naar de ruimte?
Why do you want to go into space?
7. Wat eten jullie in de ruimte?
What do you eat in space?
8. Aan wat denk je als je naar onze aarde kijkt?
What do you think when you look at our home planet?
9. Wat doe je in je vrije tijd aan boord?
When you have some free time, what can you do?
10. Wat gebeurt er als er een satteliet op jullie afkomt?
What happens when a satellite is on a collision course
with the iss?
11. Hoe voelt de gang van de zwaartekracht naar
gewichtloosheid?
How does the transit from gravity to weightlessness feel?
12. Is het
moeilijk om met veel mensen in een kleine ruimte samen te leven?
Is it difficult to live with the other astronauts in
such a small space?
13. Kunnen jullie naar TV kijken in de ruimte?
Can you watch TV in space?
14. Hoe slapen jullie in het ISS?
How do you sleep on board the ISS?
15. Wanneer is het voor jullie dag, en nacht?
When is it day, and night for
you on the ISS?
16. Heb je bang dat er iets fout kan lopen?
Are you afraid that something can go wrong?
17. Kan je in de ruimte ook "ruimteziek" worden?
Can you get spacesick?
18. Hoe keer je terug naar de aarde?
How do you return to the earth?
19. Hoe krijgen jullie in het ISS elektriciteit en
verwarming?
How
do you get electricity and heating in the ISS?
20. Wat moet je studeren om astronaut te kunnen worden?
What studies are required to become an astronaut?
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