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The Expedition
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ARISS Event - Centre Hastings Secondary, Madoc, Ontario, Canada
An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has
been planned with students at Centre Hastings Secondary
Madoc, Ontario, Canada on Monday 20 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin
at approximately 16:35 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and VE3UR. The contact
should be audible to anyone in eastern portions of Canada and the Northeastern
USA . Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink.
Additional listening options are listed below. The participants are expected
to conduct the conversation in English.
IRLP - Connect to the IRLP reflector 9010.
You may also connect via the IRLP Discovery website at
http://www.discoveryreflector.ca/listen.htm.
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.
Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. With each supply shipment to the ISS sending more water from Earth,
we are taking away a precious resource. A colony on the moon would need
lots of water which would be obtained from our finite supply on Earth.
Will this water be returned or is it lost forever?
2. With business tycoons like Richard Branson looking to expand their
companies into the cosmos via commercialized space travel, has it now
been decided that space travel is to become a routine commercial practice?
3. The Canadian Space Agency and NASA are have you testing your hand eye
co-ordination on the shuttle. Do you play video games on the ISS as well
as doing this experiment?
4. Chris Hadfield was calm when he told us about the Russian Progress
23 cargo ship having difficulties docking with the ISS and the ISS losing
power. Are all astronauts that calm when under pressure?
5. What is your favourite song to play on the guitar while on the ISS?
6. Mr. Hadfield told us Russian bread has a four year shelf life. Does
it taste the same after 4 years of not being eaten?
7. Your mission has 4 EVA'S. Have you ever stood on the end of Canadarm2?
8. Luke Skywalker fought a spherical droid in Star Wars. Are the two SPHERES
(Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites)
on the ISS like pets to you?
9. Can you see heaven from the ISS?
10. If you got appendicitis aboard the ISS what can you do about it?
11. You are doing a study related to immune function and virus activity.
Has an astronaut or cosmonaut ever fallen ill while aboard the ISS, and
if so what health measures were taken?
12. In your personal opinion do you believe that there is or ever was,
life on other planets, such as Mars?
13. On the ISS, are there any communication problems between the crew
due to language and cultural differences?
14. When the Progress cargo ship was docking, you had a problem with the
antenna. ARISS became your mode of communication to Earth. How did you
fix the antenna retraction problem?
15. Mr. Hadfield said he brought a guitar to the ISS. Does it go out of
tune more in space than Earth?
16. How do you protect yourself from germs with limited amounts of water
on the ISS? On Earth we handwash.
17. SPHERES are like Tamagotchis. Do the red and blue ones shut down when
you go to bed?
18. When you look out the window of the ISS do you see the planets and
which one is your favourite?
19. You 're measuring the exposure of cosmic radiation of your crew. Are
you concerned about getting cancer?
20. You are trying to grow lentil seeds in artificial gravity. Have they
sprouted?
21. For Mikhail Tyruin. Would a "hole in one" be hitting the
(Canadian E21) golf ball into a crater on the moon?
Please note, the amateur radio equipment on the ISS has not been functioning
in the automatic modes properly and may be silent more than usual. Information
about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact
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Next planned event(s):
TBD
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 on-board 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.
Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website
http://www.rac.ca/ariss
(graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73,
Kenneth - N5VHO
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