ISS Expedition 7 crew:
Ed Lu KC5WKJ
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP

Klem Road South Elementary, Webster, N.Y.
2003-05-27 13:01 UTC via WH6PN in Hawaii

Proposed questions for Klem Road are: (***)

1. How do you keep your things together, and not just floating around the Space
Station?
2. Do you have snacks while you are in your rocket? If so, what do you have?
What do you crave while you are in space?
3. Can you describe where in space the International Space Station is? Is it
above a certain continent or planet?
4. If someone wanted to become an astronaut, which subjects in school are the
most important?
5. Can you describe what zero gravity feels like? What does it feel like to
switch between zero gravity, and “1-G"?
6. Do you have any pets or lab animals on the International Space Station? If
so, do the animals act any differently that they would on earth?
7. I once read a book about astronauts having to exercise frequently so their
heart would not get smaller. Does this really happen, and if so, why?
8. Do you have 3 meals a day? What do you eat while in your rocket or in the
International Space Station?
9. What would happen if there was a malfunction aboard the International Space
Station, and it was damaged beyond repair?
10. What samples do you collect in space, and what kinds of experiments do you
do?
11. When you brush your teeth in zero gravity, where do you spit?
12. What kinds of special equipment do you use?
13. What is the hardest part of being in space? What part is the funniest or
most fun?
14. What is the most interesting thing that you have seen in space so far?
15. Joey Heinlein, grade 3: What kinds of things do you use electricity for? Do
you need to conserve it?
16. If you were working on the outside of the Space Station and fell, what would
happen to you?
17. How close are you to Venus?
18. When do you think we will have spaceships carrying humans finally go to
Mars?
19. Which space movie that you have seen is the most accurate?
20. Can you describe what you see when you look out the Space Station window?
21. Is the other astronaut your friend?
22. Do you feel safe when you are on the TMA-2?
23. What would happen if you sustained a serious injury? Would you have to fly
home, if for example you broke your arm or needed stitches?
24. What kinds of things do you use electricity for? Do you need to conserve
it?
25. Do you like to be up in space? Why or why not?