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Subj: HAM RADIO IN SPACE: CREW OF 2 TO THE ISS
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 68.02 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 9, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-68.02
It will be a two man crew rather than a three man crew on the Internation=
al
Space Station until the U-S Space Shuttle flies again. But ham radio wil=
l
remain on the air from the I-S-S as the investigation in the Columbia
tragedy continues. Amateur Radio Newsline=92s Roy Neal, K6DUE, has more:
--
NASA=92S WORST NIGHTMARE BECAME REALITY WHEN AN ORBITTING SPACE SHUTTLE B=
LEW
UP, KILLING ALL SEVEN ABOARD AND PUTTING UNITED STATES SPACE ACTIVITY OH
HOLD FOR AN INDEFINITE FUTURE. NOW, OUT OF THE DEBRIS, INVESTIGATION AND
SORROW, NASA HAS BEGUN TO REORGANIZE.
ADMINISTRATOR SEAN O=92KEEFE HAS TOLD A CONGRESSIONAL PANEL THAT AN
AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WILL CONTINUE IN ORBIT FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT =
18
MONTHS.
THE TWO ASTRONAUTS AND ONE COSMONAUT ON BOARD WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO EAR=
TH
IN LATE APRIL OR EARLY MAY ABOARD THE SOYUZ SPACE SHIP THAT=92S DOCKED AT=
THE
STATION. THEY WILL BE REPLACED BY A NEW CREW OF ONLY 2 PEOPLE, ONE
ASTRONAUT AND ONE COSMONAUT, PROBABLY ED LU AND YURI MALENCHENKO, WHO ARE
NOW IN TRAINING AT RUSSIA=92S STAR CITY. THEY WILL KEEP THE STATION
OPERATIONAL, EVE N PLAN TO TALK TO ONE OR TWO SCHOOLS ON EARTH EVERY WEEK.
FUTURE CREWS WILL COPNSIST OF TWO PEOPLE FOR THE TIME BEING.
RUSSIAN PROGRESS SPACECRAFT WILL BE USED TO FERRY SUPPLIES, SOYUZ WILL
CARRY PASSENGERS. ONCE NASA HAS FIGURED OUT WHAT CAUSED THE SHUTTLE
COLUMBIA TO DISINTIGRATE, THEY HOPE TO FIX AND FLY THE THREE REMAINING
SPACE SHUTTLES. THE BOEING COMPANY HAS BEEN ASKED TO GO TO WORK ON A NEW
CARRIER TO AUGMENT THE SHUTTLE FLEET.
RUSSIA HAS AGREED TO ACCELERATE THE DELIVERY OF 2 PROGRESS RE-SUPPLY
VEHICLES FOR A TOTAL FLEET OF FOUR THIS YEAR AND FIVE IN 2004 AND THERE I=
S
TALK OF AUGMENTING THE SOYUZ FLEET.
EXISTING HAM RADIO EQUIPMENT ON BOARD SHOULD KEEP THE STATION ON THE AIR.
OTHER EQUIPMENT MAY BE SENT UP IF NEEDED. THE SPACE AGENCIES HAVE COMMIT=
ED
TO STAYING IN SPACE WHILE THEY MAP A FUTURE AND HAM RADIO IS AN INTEGRAL
PART OF THAT ORBITING STATION.
[ANS thanks ROY NEAL, K6DUE, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE, for the above
information]
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