ARLA/CLUSTER: Contacto ARISS com escuteiros do Illinois vai ser audível na Europa em 145,800 MHz-FM no sábado

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

ARISS contact for Scouts Jam in Illinois audible in Europe

An International Space Station contact is planned for Space Jam 9,
Rantoul, Illinois, USA. The event is scheduled for Saturday August 8,
2015 at approximately 16.58 UTC(18.58 CEST). This will be a telebridge
radio contact between OR4ISS and IK1SLD.

The signals from space will be audible in Europe on 145.800MHz FM.

Greetings to all stations from the participants and volunteers of
Space Jam 9 in Rantoul, Illinois. Though primarily a weekend Scouting
and STEM education event, we are open to all interested youth. Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts from 24 states have come together in an
educational and fun format to learn more about the life skills that
will prepare them for the increasingly complex technological future.
Training is our theme this year. While it is well known that Scouting
teaches pioneering skills like camping and wilderness survival, the
new pioneers and wilderness are in outer space and we are working hard
at 44 technology oriented Merit Badges and activities, plus some fun
things like the Duct Tape Merit Badge. Talking to the astronauts on
the ISS is an unforgettable part of the experience at Space Jam and
that's next on our list. We will not know for many years whether one
of these youths becomes an astronaut themselves but it is certain that
they are all part of tomorrow's leaders.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. How do you train to sleep in space?
2. What type of engine propulsion will we use to go to Mars?
3. Could we drop containers to the Mars surface but leave the engine in orbit?
4. Would a steam powered train whistle work in space?
5. How long did you train for this mission?

6. Could ribbons be stretched to an Earth orbiting station & used as
tracks to reach orbit?
7. Could ribbons be stretched to a Mars orbiting station & used as
tracks to reach orbit?
8. If a ship left Mars, traveling 17,500 mph, what is the shortest
time it could take to reach Earth.
9. Imagine you are the engineer on a shuttle that goes back and forth
between Earth orbit and Mars orbit; what year would it be?
10. Are you still training for future missions?

11. What is your favorite food on the space station?
12. How many bits of space junk does NASA track & how can we reduce the problem?
13. Are there earth-bound disabilities that might be irrelevant in
space weightlessness?
14. Is there art on the walls of the ISS or do you see examples of the
Arts in space?
15. If we found cave art on Mars what do you imagine it would depict?

16. Are there any musical instruments on the ISS?
17. Every discipline can be an art; from the people who sew the
stitches on a space suit to a computer programmer, aren't we all
artists when we do our best?
18. The theme for SJ 10 will be the Arts; should STEM education be
changed to STEAM?
19. What music do you listen to on the ISS?
20. What is your favorite form of art?

21. How is the espresso machine working?
22. What fresh foods do you most look forward to on delivery day?
23. When will we first set foot on Mars?
24. When will we go back to the Moon?

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the
volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around
the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space
Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA.

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.

73,

Gaston Bertels – ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman