ARISS contact planned with “Marconi”
High School in
The ISS (High School) “Marconi” was founded
in 1940. The institute is specialized in the technological field and at the
same time it is a scientific high school (applied science). There are more than
600 students and the ARI (Radioamateur Association of Bari) is part of the ISS
“Marconi” body. The Institute has participated in the EduSat project, headed by
ASI (Italian Space Agency) in collaboration with IMT - Ingegneria Marketing e
Tecnologia (Italian SME). The ISS “Marconi” was the main Institute among South
Italy High Schools involved in the above project. EduSAT is still in progress
and the students are studying aerospace concepts such as space environment,
space telecommunications, satellite subsystems and so
on. A Technological Satellite Simulator has been realized by IMT to help
students make experiments in the laboratory.
This will be a telebridge contact
operated by IK1SLD. The conversation will be conducted in English.
Downlink signals will be audible in
Europe on 145.800 MHz FM.
Students, aged 14-18, will ask as many
of following qustions as time allows.
1. Is it hard to get used to spatial
disorientation?
2. Are on-board computers built with
special care to survive in the space?
3. Is the recycling system of O2
(oxygen) and H2O (water) self-sufficient, and if not, to what extent?
4. Is the last device mounted on the ISS
AMS by R. Vittori starting to show results in relation to why it was built?
5. What are your tasks in this mission?
6. Are there in the ISS experiments to
improve our health and wellness?
7. How do you spend the free time that
remains, if it remains, after you have secured the daily operation of the
station in all its aspects?
8. How do the air conditioning systems
of the station work in orbit at high and low temperatures for exposure to the
sun and in shade?
9. What are the optimal health
conditions to deal with space travel?
10. How to defend yourself from cosmic
radiation in the ISS?
11. How often does the ISS need to be
pulled up, as it tends to get off the racing line of the orbit?
12. What is the ideal daily diet of an
astronaut?
13. May the ISS have a role in the
future interplanetary travels?
14. Have the spacesuits, used for
extravehicular activity (EVA), been improved technologically from the project
"Apollo"?
15. Has a system of artificial gravity
been created on the ISS for scientific purposes?
16. How many years of life remain to the
ISS?
17. How many astronauts can and must
live on the station, the min. the max., and in fully operational conditions?
18. Are there supply circuits in case of
power failure in the telecommunications system?
19. When you're in orbit, do you succeed
to dominate the fear of the unexpected and the thought of the imponderable?
20. If and how the real life changes
after this experience?
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