[amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with The Alice Smith School Primary Campus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC)]

Dear All,

The live video stream to this contact will be available at  
http://www.planetariumnegara.gov.my/?q=article/live-streaming later  
today.

Thank you.

73,
Sion Chow Q. C.,
9M2CQC, WQ2C, 9V1QC, JG1XHM,
ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO, WQ2C /HL1 /YB9


Quoting n4csitwo at bellsouth.net:

> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with  
> participants at The Alice Smith School Primary Campus, Kuala Lumpur,  
> Malaysia on 11 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately  
> 15:24 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes  
> and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and  
> 9M2RPN. The contact should be audible over portions of Malaysia and  
> adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the  
> 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in  
> English.
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> The Alice Smith School, established since 1946 in Malaysia is one of  
> the oldest British international schools in Asia. The school is a  
> not-for-profit educational foundation situated on two campuses. The  
> Primary Campus is at Jalan Bellamy and the Secondary Campus on Jalan  
> Equine. The Alice Smith School follows the English National  
> Curriculum with a strong international flavour. In 2011, the school  
> was one of the first in Asia to be fully accredited as a British  
> School Overseas by the Department for Education in London.  
> 'Excellent' was the grade given in the most recent British Schools  
> Overseas report for both the Primary and Secondary School Campuses  
> by Tribal, a DfE approved inspectorate.
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> Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
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> 1. Were you afraid when you first launched into space?
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> 2. What is the most interesting object that you have seen from the ISS?
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> 3. Is space a good place to live?
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> 4. When you wear your full spacesuit, what happens if you get an itch?
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> 5. How often do you contact your family?
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> 6. What kind of emergency escape system does the ISS have in case of an
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>    emergency?
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> 7. What kind of noises do you hear in the ISS daily?
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> 8. Do plants grow differently in the ISS as compared to on earth?
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> 9. Is space radiation harmful to ISS occupants?
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> 10. Can you feel the coldness of space through your spacesuit during
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>     spacewalks?
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> 11. How do stars look like from the ISS as compared to from earth?
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> 12. What is the temperature of the interior surface of the windows in the
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>     ISS?
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> 13. Is there a doctor on board in case a crew member falls ill?
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> 14. Do you think space tourism will become a future reality?
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> 15. Do you observe national holidays and weekends in space?
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> Next planned event(s):
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>   1.   Fleet Science Center, BE WISE Program, San Diego, CA, direct via
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>        KJ6KDZ
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>        The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
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>        The  scheduled astronaut is Paolo Nespoli IZØJPA
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>        Contact is a go for: Sat 2017-10-14 18:26:17 UTC
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> About ARISS:
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> Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a  
> cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the  
> space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS).  
> In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite  
> Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the  
> Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and  National  
> Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  The primary goal of  
> ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering,  
> and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via  
> amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in  
> classrooms or informal education venues.  With the help of  
> experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with  
> large audiences in a variety of public forums.  Before and during  
> these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities  
> learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio.  For more  
> information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.
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> Thank you & 73,
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> David - AA4KN
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