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Subj: ISS crew grieves Columbia loss, moves forward
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 47.03 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. February 16, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-47.03
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT February 12, 2003
To all radio amateurs
The all-ham crew members of the International Space Station saidFebruary 11
that while they grieve the loss of the shuttle Columbia
crew, human space exploration must continue and they're ready to spend up to
a
year in space if necessary. The ISS crew made its first public comments
since
the February 1 shuttle disaster in two news conferences this week.
The crew has not used the NA1SS onboard ham stations since the last Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact in January.
The
next scheduled ARISS contact is set for Friday, February 21, with students
at
Oregon State University.
Commander Ken Bowersox, KD5JBP, said that once it became unlikely that there
were any survivors from the Columbia catastrophe, ''we discussed all of the
different options for how it would affect us.
... We've got a Soyuz vehicle parked right outside.''
He said the crew did not feel isolated and had plenty of contact with family
and friends and that, while not operating at peak
efficiency, the ISS crew members would continue to move forward with the
''serious tasks'' ahead of them.
[ANS thanks The ARRL for the above information]
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