An International Space Station school
contact has been planned with participants at the Girl and Boy Scouts of Maur:
Pfadimuur,
The contact will be direct between
OR4ISS and HB9TSO. The contact should be audible over parts of
The ARISS contact will be distributed on
EchoLink *AMSAT* and *JK1ZRW* conference servers, as well as on IRLP Discovery
Channel 9010.
The international year of astronomy inspired a few scout guides from Maur near
Therefore they planned 3 Saturdays, where about 100 active Pfadi Muur scouts
have the possibility to visit one of the above named workshops. The event will
begin with the ARISS contact, where 20 children get the opportunity to talk to
an astronaut and at the end of the course they will present the workshop
results such as a planet route, a telescope made out of a drain (astronomy) or
a broadcasting local UKW radio station (journalism) as well as a
self-constructed aircraft radio receiver in a second event open for public on
September 19. The Swiss astronomy expert Bruno Stanek will hold a speech and
together with people of a local observatory the scouts will have a look into
the sky. The technical team that will provide the equipment for the ARISS
contact is led by Mario Malacarne who has established two ARISS contacts so
far.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Have you been a Scout?
2. How many Scouts are now on the ISS?
3. Do the astronauts always eat together?
4. How do you save a lost astronaut outside the ISS?
5. What is the most important experiment you carry out?
6. Is it possible to born a baby in space?
7. Do you have privacy onboard the ISS?
8. What is impressive in space?
9. What is your task on the ISS?
10. Do you sleep well in space?
11. What is dangerous in space?
12. What is your favourite space food?
13. What are the disadvantages of living in space?
14. How do you wash yourself?
15. Is the social life difficult on the ISS?
16. Is your family in fear?
17. Do you feel homesick?
18. What is hard for you in space?
19. How do you feel when you move in zero gravity?
20. How do you eat in zero gravity?
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.
73
Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS Chairman