Monday
August 12, ARISS contact scheduled with Scouts Moot in Canada – Downlink
audible in Europe
An International Space Station educational contact is
scheduled
The
event is to begin at approximately
This
will be a telebridge contact operated by IK1SLD,
located in
Interested
parties are invited to listen to the downlink signal on 145.800MHz FM.
The
contact will be broadcast on EchoLink AMSAT (node 101
377) and JK1ZRW (node 277 208) Conference servers, as well as on IRLP Discovery
Reflector 9010.
Presentation:
The 14th
World Scout Moot will take place at Awacamenj Mino Camp,
The host
organization, l'Association des Scouts du Canada, is eagerly preparing to welcome up to 5,000
young adults from around the world to
Additional info at
http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/world_scout_events/moot/14
th_world_scout_moot
The
conversation with astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
will be conducted in English. Participants will ask as many of following
questions as time allows:
1. How many of you that are aboard the ISS are
scouts?
2. Have any of you been at a Jamboree or a Scout
Moot?
3. How's the serenity at the ISS?
4. What are the major issues of prolonged
weightlessness, how to deal with them in space, do they have any continuing
effects upon your return?
5. Do Micro meteorites or space debris pose any problem to the station and do you solve the issue
if the problem arises?
6. Outside friends and family, what do you miss
the most when you’re up there?
7. Did you undertake survival training in
preparation for the mission on the ISS?
8. Does language or cultural differences present
challenges on the ISS?
9. What is the future of the ISS and will we
build another?
10. Do you for see a Space Station orbiting the
moon or mars at some point?
11. What are the challenges of all nations
working together to conquer Space Travel?
12. Would you do this again knowing the
sacrifices and difficulties you overcame to succeed?
13. What is your favourite activity on the ISS?
14. Are there limits to age for Space Travel?
15. What medical impacts are you experiencing on
the ISS?
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-Europe
chairman