Col. Doug Wheelock (NA1SS) speaks with Boy Scouts at the 2010 National Boy Scout Jamboree at Ft. A.P. Hill, VA. Col. Wheelock answered the following questions in this recording:

1. I am a Boy Scout, do you think our scouting programs could have a positive effect on space exploration? If so, how?
2. What sort of obstacles did you have to tackle to become an astronaut?
3. Are astronauts taught like Boy Scouts to improvise support devices or tools if equipment fails?
4. Looking back at Earth what strikes you the most about the view of planet Earth?

Col. Doug Wheelock works the following U.S. and Canadian stations: W9JFM, KB2M, K8YSE and others. When I record, I leave the squelch off, and when I edited the recording, I deleted most of the squelch noise to reduce the size of the recording, so the "squelch tail" separates transmissions by Col. Wheelock.

Col. Doug Wheelock (NA1SS) works the following U.S. and Cuban stations: W3MRX, KJ4CTZ, KW4B, KJ4UKK, NZ4R, W2LYN, CO8TW, KJ4DAE and others.

When I record, I leave the squelch off, and when I edited the recording, I deleted most of the squelch noise to reduce the size of the recording, so the "squelch tail" separates transmissions by Col. Wheelock.

Col Doug Wheelock (NA1SS) works the following U.S. and Mexican stations: N9BNN, WA4HFN, KI4OTG, XE3ISS and others.

When I record, I leave the squelch off, and when I edited the recording, I deleted most of the squelch noise to reduce the size of the recording, so the "squelch tail" separates transmissions by Col. Wheelock.

Col. Doug Wheelock works various U.S. stations including the following: WA3BDV, KD8LLJ, KB1OYB, KE5AGH, KI4NTX, KJ4HRM, WB2UZR and others.

When I record, I leave the squelch off, and when I edited the recording, I deleted most of the squelch noise to reduce the size of the recording, so the "squelch tail" separates transmissions by Col. Wheelock.

This recording complement the recording of this event posted earlier by VA2VA. VA2VA's recording covers the last part of the event, and my recordings cover the first part of the event.

Col. Doug Wheelock answered the following questions in this recording:

1. What would I have to do to become an astronaut someday?
2. How many astronauts are on the Space Station at a time?
3. Where, and for how long, do you have to go to school to be an astronaut?
4. What qualities do Girl Guides and Girl Scouts have that would make them good astronauts?