ARISS contact planned for school in
Gerolamo e Margherita Montani Higher
Technical Institute is located in Fermo, the most important and ancient town in
the district north of the province. Fermo has become recently a new
The Montani Institute is one of the earliest
Italian technical schools. These are the courses that the school offers:
Chemistry, Materials and Biotechnologies, Electronics and Electrotechnical,
Computer Science and Telecommunications, Mechanics, Mechatronics and Energy.
The direct radio contact will be conducted
in Italian and operated by I6KZR.
Students aged 14-19 will ask as many of
following questions as time allows.
1.
Rudy. What insulating material of the part exposed to the sun of the ISS must
be used to withstand the high temperature?
2. Leonardo. What is the maximum and minimum temperature outside the orbiting
station?
3. Claudio . What is the terminal velocity when the
spacecraft enters the atmosphere?
4. Francesco. Is an astronaut’s life boring?
5. Lorenzo. What training does an astronaut have to take before he can go into
space?
6. Michele. What is our earth like seen from ISS? Can we distinguish mountain
ranges from plain areas, oceans or the heavily pollute areas?
7. Eros. Can you see the Chinese Wall from the ISS?
8. Emanuele. What are the physical characteristic that a person had to have to became an astronaut?
9. Marco. What are your work assignments inside the ISS?
10. Gian Marco. Can accidents occur in outer space? If so how to behave
properly?
11. Michele. What measurement system has been agreed on amongst the nations in
the designing and construction of the ISS module?
12. Giacomo. What is your typical day like?
13. Lorenzo. What is your nourishment inside the space station?
14. Carlo. How do you obtain the necessary liquids when you are thirsty And for personal hygiene?
15. Francesco. What measures have been taken to help track space debris?
16. Simone. Do you have space adaptation syndrome due to the lack of gravity
for such a long period of time?
17. Gregorio. What are the performance criteria for space-to earth data
transmission?
18. Francesco. For the earth-space communications, which radio devices are used?
19. Leonardo. How much power have those device?
20. Giacomo. At which speed the ISS moves?
21. Martin. Given the constant motion of the ISS, what type of antenna is
required to send signals from the ISS to earth?
22. Alessandro. What are the construction materials for antennas?
23. Claudio. What is the average daily cost of the space mission?
24. Michele. Have the space station its own motors? If
it have, how they are powered?
The event will probably be webcast in
streaming video on:
http://www.livestream.com/AMSAT_Italia
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