ARISS CONTACT PLANNED WITH SCHOOL IN
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS
school contact has been planned with participants at the 1 Circolo Didattico
G.Marconi,
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS
and IZ7EVR. The contact should be audible over most of
The II Didactic Center "Marconi" in
Casamassima di Bari (BA) includes one Primary School and two Nursery Schools. There
are more than 800 pupils and a teaching staff composed of 70 teachers, directed
by the headmaster, Mrs. Rita Rosaria Gagliardi. The Primary School has
multimedia and scientific laboratories, and the pupils play an active role in a
number of projects, which make them experience Science, Music, Dance, Theatre,
Physical Education and more.
The participants will ask as many of the following
questions as time allows:
1. How do you feel when you live without the force
of gravity?
2. How do you behave in case of emergency?
3. What happens if there are some problems on board
of the Shuttle in the launch phase?
4. Is it difficult to build the ISS in orbit?
5. What happens if a meteorite hits the ISS?
6. What training do you accomplish before a mission
into Space?
7. Is it easy to pilot the Space Shuttle?
8. What are the risks of a human mission to Mars in
the future?
9. Are there any projects for future missions to
the Moon?
10. Can you sleep without difficulty in these small
spaces?
11. When had you got the passion for Space?
12. What were your studies to become an astronaut?
13. Where do you store the ISS' waste?
14. How do you provide the ISS with oxygen?
15. What kind of spaceships will be used on future
Moon missions?
16. What is the most difficult situation you have
to face?
17. How do you react if you discover an
unidentified flying object in Space?
18. Is the return to Earth phase more difficult
than the launch phase?
19. Is it possible to become ill on board of the
ISS?
20. How do you communicate with your relatives?
21. How do you feel when your Shuttle launch is
postponed?
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.
Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS-Europe
chairman
http://www.ariss-eu.org