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BID : ANS-166.06
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Subj: Astronaut Visits ARISS Contact School in Person
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 166.06 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. June 15, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-166.06
Astronaut Dan Bursch, KD5PNU, recently visited Hambright Elementary
School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In May 2002, as a member of the
International Space Station Expedition 4 crew, Bursch--with assistance
on the ground from the Southern Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Club
(SPARC)--spoke with youngsters at Hambright during an Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station school group contact. During the QSO
with Hambright--which marked the Expedition 4 crew's last ARISS US
school group contact--Bursch, a father of two youngsters, tackled such
questions as "Can you still blow bubbles with gum in space?" and "If
you open a soda, will it fizz?" On June 6, Bursch visited Hambright
Elementary in the flesh to meet with club members and students. "We had
the students read their same questions, and Dan Bursch answered each
again and gave a more definitive answer--there were no time limits this
time," said SPARC member James "Yogi" Bear, WB3FQY, who got Bursch to
autograph his QSL card. Bear had served as control operator during the
May 2002 QSO.
[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information.]
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