International Space School Contact
ISS Expedition 7 crew:
Ed Lu KC5WKJ
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP
Brussels Planetarium
Contact is a go for 2003-07-24 13:15 UTC via ZS6BTD
Proposed questions: .....
Proposed questions for Brussels Planetarium are:
1. Can you really recognize Belgium by night?
2. Can you see the greenhouse effect on earth from aboard the ISS?
3. Is the ISS not too small to live comfortably? And has life in space an
influence on your physical and psychological condition?
4. Does it make a big difference to observe sun and planets from high up there?
5. What impresses you most when you look to the earth?
6. Can you experience the big silence of the universe despite the noise inside
the ISS?
7. Since you don't have to overcome the steady pull down of gravity in space,
does this state of microgravity has an influence on the process of getting
tired?
8. What is the importance of doing experiments in space?
9. What would happen when you were in space without a protecting space suit?
10. How was it on the first of July to celebrate your birthday in space? Was
there a little party onboard?
11. Is it easy onboard the ISS to live together with people from different
origins and cultures? And do you have any advice for people on earth to live in
peace?
12. What do you experience when you are performing a spacewalk?
13. How long do night and day last up there? Does this cause problems?
14. Can natural disasters be forecast from space?
15. Do you experience the same feeling in space when you are hungry?
16. Can the ISS be damaged by space debris? And how can we solve this problem?
17. Can one have muscular pain in the weightless circumstance of space? If it
does exist, does it feel the same as on earth?
18. How do you experience the notion of time while floating free in space?
19. What is the less pleasant aspect of being onboard the ISS?
20. Are the space simulations on earth comparable to the real thing?