Mount Carmel Academy, Houston, Texas, USA - Ron Garan, KF5GPO
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium will call NA1SS at approximately 15:29 UTC.
Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. What led you to want to be an astronaut and when did you decide that you wanted to be an astronaut?
2. What type of student were you in high school and what was your favorite subject?
3. What was your major in college?
4. Are all the people sent on missions trained together and for how long?
5. What is the most irritating thing about being weightless in space?
6. What affect does being on the space station have on your health (vision, muscles, digestion, and mental state)?
7. What is the most awesome experience you’ve had in space?
8. How dangerous is it to be in space?
9. How much training and preparation is required for these mission trips. I’m thinking about schooling, physical and psychological training, and family preparation.
10. How does this mission benefit society?
11. Do people age at the same rate in zero gravity as on earth?
12. How long is your mission and is it a continuation of a previous mission?
13. What are the plans for mission trips in the near future?
14. What advice would you give to a student wanting to be an astronaut?
15. What are the steps to becoming an astronaut?
16. What was the most surprising effect that zero gravity had in your experience?
17. What do you do for personal hygiene in space as far as going to the restroom, brushing your teeth, and showering?
18. What do you do for entertainment on the space station?