On July 3 at 11:30 am CDT JSC will conduct the third test of Distant Learning outreach using Amateur Radio and the Internet to have children interview JSC professionals.

Sorry for the late word, but I just had this forwarded to me.

73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS mentors
Hi all,

Sorry for the late word, but I just had this forwarded to me.

73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS mentors

On July 3 at 11:30 am CDT JSC will conduct the third test of Distant Learning outreach using Amateur Radio and the Internet to have children interview JSC professionals. This test was organized with the Christa McAuliffe Challenger Learning Center and supported by the JSC Amateur Radio Club. Using the internet, amateur radio stations can listen in. The general public can listen via the NASA Quest web page for streaming audio.

Summary: In conjunction with the Christa McAuliffe Challenger Learning Center at Framingham State College and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), campers from the Charles River Creative Arts
(CRCAP) program will interview astronaut Barbara Morgan live from NASA's Johnson Space Center on July 3,2003. McAuliffe CLC Flight Directors Nanci Goguen and Mary Liscombe met with the campers to brief them about Barbara Morgan and her job at NASA. The campers are part of a journalism class taught by Steve Durning at CRCAP that produces a daily newspaper, the Daily Double. The opportunity for a live interview with Morgan is very exciting for the youngsters who will be participating via HAM radio. Amateur radio operator Tom Muise of MEMA coordinated the event with NASA.

NASA AMES QUEST: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/calendar/

Thurs. July 3, 11:45- 12: 15 CT (9:45-10:15 am PT)

IRLP info:

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX., July 3, 2003-- The Internet Radio Linking Project will be used to support a live interview between Astronaut Barbara Morgan and campers from the Charles River Creative Arts Program (CRCAP). Barbara, who will be operating from the Johnson Space Center ARC
(W5RRR) will spend 30 minutes answering questions from the childern who will be using the Amateur Radio facilities of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) begining at 1645 UTC. The event is organized between the JSC Distant Learning Outreach Program and the Christa McAuliffe Challenger Learning Center, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA.
Amateurs who might want to listen in on the event can do so by connecting to the "Lone Star" Reflector, ID # 9450, Channel # 5.

For those who have little or no experience with the IRLP the Operating
Guidelines are possted at http://www.irlp.net. On the sidebar of this
home page, select "Node Info". This will give you a listing of the node locations and frequencies. Find the node that is located nearest to you and monitor its posted frequency. Depending on how the Node is configured you might have to get in touch with the nodes owner or sponsor. That information is avalible by selecting or "clicking-on" the Node number.

This event represents the third test of the IRLP in support of the JSC Distant Learning Program. Thus far it has proved to be an effective means of distributing interviews between NASA Professionals and children across North America.

We hope that you can join us at 1645 UTC July 3 on IRLP "Lone Star" Reflector # 9455.