| szkolny kontakt ISS z SP9PKS |
| Zespol Szkol Technicznych, Rybnicka 44, Poland - Mike Fossum, KF5AQG Friday, October 21, 2011 Station SP9PKS in Poland will call OR4ISS at approximately 16:38 UTC. The Complex of Secondary Schools (Zespol Szkol Technicznych, ZST) is located in one of the oldest and most beautiful towns of Upper Silesia, Mikolow. It is the oldest school in this region, founded in 1924, which provides education for four years on a technical level, two or three years on a vocational level, and Further Education School for adults. The education subjects are the following: information technology, electronics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, car mechanics and starting from this year economical-administrative, car mechanics, machining centre operators, craftsmen (multi-vocational classes), mechanical engineering with maturity examination. School runs re-qualification courses for production plants and factories' employees and courses for the unemployed people. There are about ninety well-qualified teachers and 750 students attend the school. The Complex of Secondary Schools holds a QUALITY CERTIFICATE ISO 9002 and is equipped with the modern technological equipment gained thanks to the European Union support finances. There are modern training centres: computer use, modern controlling techniques using microprocessor controller units for welding, numerically controlled machines, computer aiding of technological processes. They take part in national and international programs or projects like Leonardo da Vinci and Socrates. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How much time does it take to go from Earth to the ISS? 2. How long have you been on the Space Station? 3. Why did you choose such a job? 4. What is the Station's speed? 5. How long is the ISS in daylight and in darkness during one orbit? 6. Where are you from? 7. What do you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner? 8. What are you doing in your free time? 9. What does it feel like living without gravity? 10. Do you listen to the music on the ISS? 11. Have You ever said, „Houston, we’ve got a problem!”? 12. What does the morning toilet on the ISS look like? 13. Can you see the Milky Way from ISS? 14. Have you ever seen an UFO? 15. Have you ever been on the Moon? 16. What is the weight of the spacesuit? 17. How can I become an astronaut? 18. What do you find fascinating on the ISS? 19. Is it sometimes difficult to live so far away from civilization? 20. Can you see the Chinese Wall from Space? ***** As always, the ISS will be audible to anyone listening in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. *Note* - for telebridge contacts, the ground station will NOT be near the school that is contacting the ISS. Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS will be turned off prior to the beginning of the contact. It will be returned to service as quickly as possible. |