An International Space Station visiting crew ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the National Science Museum of Korea, Daejon, Republic of Korea on 18 April. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 01:35 UTC.

The contact will be a direct between stations HL0ARISS and HL0HQSC. The contact should be audible over most of Korea and parts of Eastern Asia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in Korean.

The National Science Museum, as an umbrella organization of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, is open to anyone and anytime to present the interesting, latest information, science and technology policies and achievements of scientific R&D.

[ Functions ] Collect, preserve, research and exhibit cultural assets in the fields of science, technology, natural science, history of science and technology and others Investigate, excavate and preserve indigenous assets Disseminate scientific and technological knowledge Assist out-of-school education Manage special exhibitions, planned exhibitions and science fairs

[ Brief History ] 1945 Established in Seoul 1990 Grand opening of contemporary National Science Museum (NSM)in Daejeon Operation of branch Science Museum in Seoul 2007 Grand opening of the Advanced S&T Center in Daejeon Operation as a satellite Science Museum of NSM

Participants will ask as many of the following questions (Translated) as time allows: 1. (What is the most precious thing which you have brought into the space privately?) 2. (Do you have some snacks, ice cream or Kimchi in the ISS?) 3. (Do you keep wearing a space suit from the departure to the arrival on the earth?) 4. (Do the crews sleep in turns or together?) 5. (Is the ISS operated by the crews or automatically?) 6. (What do the other crews do while you are communicating?) 7. (Do the crews who are with you have an amateur radio license?) 8. (If you have an injury in skin or bone, is it cured faster or later than on the earth?) 9. (How long does it takes for you to recover to your normal condition after you come back to the earth?) 10. (What is the most difficult and inconvenient thing while you stay in the ISS?) 11. (How do you treat the emergent diseases?) 12. (What do you do in your free time in the ISS?) 13. (What is the most important experiment which will be carried out in the space station?) 14. (Do you have a library in the space station? If you have, what kind of books do you read?) 15. (What language do you use to communicate with other crew? Do you have any inconvenience?) 16. (Can you watch a television broadcast of the earth in the ISS?) 17. (How do you wash yourself? Isn't the water floating around?) 18. (Can you surf the Internet in the ISS?)

Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact . Packet is transmitted on 145.825 simplex.

Next planned event(s): Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida, telebridge via W6SRJ, Mon 2008-04-21, 17:48 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.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).

Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO