An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at 14th World Scout Moot Canada 2013, Camp Awacamenj Mino, Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec, Canada on Aug. 12. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:46 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between IR0ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

The 14th World Scout Moot will take place at Awacamenj Mino Camp, Québec, Canada from 8 - 18 August 2013.

The host organization, l'Association des Scouts du Canada, is eagerly preparing to welcome up to 5,000 young adults from around the world to Canada for this once-in-a-lifetime Scouting experience! Participation is open to members of all National Scout Organizations between the ages of 18 and 25 inclusive. Those aged 26 and over are encouraged to attend the Moot as members of the International Service Team.

Additional info at http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/world_scout_events/moot/14

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Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. How many of you that are aboard the ISS are scouts?

2. Have any of you been at a Jamboree or a Scout Moot?

3. How's the serenity at the ISS?

4. What are the major issues of prolonged weightlessness, how to deal with

them in space, do they have any continuing effects upon your return?

5. Do Micro meteorites or space debris pose any problem to the station and

do you solve the issue if the problem arises?

6. Outside friends and family, what do you miss the most when you're up

there?

7. Did you undertake survival training in preparation for the mission on the

ISS?

8. Does language or cultural differences present challenges on the ISS?

9. What is the future of the ISS and will we build another?

10. Do you for see a Space Station orbiting the moon or mars at some point?

11. What are the challenges of all nations working together to conquer Space

Travel?

12. Would you do this again knowing the sacrifices and difficulties you

overcame to succeed?

13. What is your favourite activity on the ISS?

14. Are there limits to age for Space Travel?

15. What medical impacts are you experiencing on the ISS?

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Next planned event(s):

1. Centro Educativo Nº 9 Dr. Juan Llerena, Villa Mercedes, Argentina,

direct via LU8YY/Q

Wed, 14Aug2013, 16:42 UTC

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries.

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).

Thank you & 73,

David - AA4KN