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Subj: Month long ARISS promotion by Halifax ARC
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 117.05 From AMSAT HQ
Silver Spring, MD. April 27, 2003
To All Radio Amateurs
BID: $ANS-117.05
Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield, VA3OOG, was on hand for
the final day of a month long ARISS promotion sponsored by the Halifax
Amateur Radio Club. The HARC members, who had worked so hard during the
event, were delighted to have Col. Hadfield take the time to meet with them
and discuss the importance of the ARISS program. While the benefit of the
Educational Outreach Program to students in classrooms around the world is
clear, ARISS also plays a significant and "very real" psychological role to
"on orbit" crews during long duration missions.
Col. Hadfield's visit topped off a very successful month of ARISS promotion.
We were simply overwhelmed by the response from educators, as over 40 have
signed up for additional program information. The Halifax Amateur Radio
Club's offer to assist educators in developing and integrating classroom
presentations, dealing with radio communications (both terrestrial and
space), was met with enthusiasm. It's expected that we should have these
workshops in place for the coming fall session. In the mean time, we look
forward to assisting with ARISS school applications.
Sharing the excitement of ARISS with people has been fun! It may have been,
in part, due to the venue that we had at the Empire 18 Cinemas and that
"Space Station 3-D" was being shown in their IMAX facility. People were
genuinely excited about what they had seen on the "big screen" and it was a
real pleasure to discuss ARISS and Amateur Radio with them. The conservative
estimate of the numbers of people that passed our display over the 4-week
period was in excess of 50 thousand! Great for the ARISS Program and Amateur
Radio!
Well done to all and thanks once again!
[ANS thanks Wayne, VE1WPH, for the above information]
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