JK1ZAM(Iruma) <=> NA1SS(ISS)
23/Nov/2001 , 22:31 :42--22:42:15 (JST)
Original voice data file : zam112301.wma (by JK1ZAM)

*******＜交信開始＞*******

NA1SS, this is JK1ZAM. This is scheduled contact.
　
NA1SS, this is JK1ZAM. Can you hear me? Over.
　
NA1SS, this is JK1ZAM. Standing by.
　

JK1ZAM , JK1ZAM (this is) NA1SS ,NA1SS. Over.

NA1SS this is JK1ZAM, hi, thank you very much for coming back to our calling. Japan first contact center with amateur radio. It is great to meet you. We are on the air from Iruma City, Japan. My name is AKIHIKO ENARI, I am 21-year old student. You are 59 ,how do you read, Over.

…JK1ZAM how do you read? NA1SS. Over.

OK, let us ask you 20 questions. Now, first will be:
　
1) This is Eriko.
Why did you want to become an astronaut? Over.

DOMO ARIGATO for your question. I wanted to become an astronaut because I wonted to work in space and I wanted to explore new places. Over.

Thank you, next is:
　
2) This is Ryosuke.
How do you become an astronaut? What age do you have to be an astronaut? Over.

The most important thing is to do something that you really enjoy that's technical like engineering, or math, or physics, medicine. And at almost any age. The youngest astronaut, I think has been about 28 when selected and the oldest around 40, and I'm over 50 and flying in space still. Over.

3) This is Takaya.
What kind of testing do you do in the space station? Over.

Most of what we do everyday is work on experiments or work on the space station to keep it working properly, like repair computers or work on the radio、whatever needs to go on、 and of course we have to do the normal things you do on Earth day to day like prepare food and sleep. Over.

4) This is Ai.
Is the Earth beautiful?　What do you think about it? Over.

The Earth is a very beautiful place. I enjoy looking at it from space. I spend hours in　 front of window whenever I have some free time and I think it's a very fragile place in many ways but it's also very permanent. It will be here much longer than we will. Over.

5) This is Manami.
How do you see the Japan? Over.

Right now of course it's dark in Japan but when we can see it, it looks so very beautiful. I used to live there so many years ago, so I know how pretty it is... and beautiful islands you can see Fujiyama, you can see Tokyo, Yokohama, etc..

6) This is Rei Sakamoto.
How do you see the aurora? Over.

Yes, I love looking at the aurora, when in the top or bottom of my orbit, near the North Pole or the South Pole, we can see the auroras very clearly and I've actually been able to take some photos and some videos of it, and it's always changing, it looks like you're about to fly through a curtain of lights. Over.

7) This is Chihiro.
How do you see the stars? Over.

Stars from here are very, very bright. They are not any bigger than they are from earth but they're brighter, and they don't twinkle, they don't shimmer from the atmospheric effect. So they are very steady lights, you can see the colors, you can also see the planets very, very well. Over.

8) This is Rei Sekiguchi.
How did you see the Leonid meteor storm? Over.

(The) Leonids was very spectacular, I tell you. As we were coming over Japan during the highest rate of meteors, we saw three or four a second, you know, may be a hundred a minute for several minutes and, uh, as we approached sun rise it looked like they were falling vertically all around us and of course we saw the meteors below us as they enter the atmosphere since we are above atmosphere. Over.

9) This is Naoko.
How do you spend every day? Over.

Almost everyday is a work day like you are working at a laboratory. We get up about six, we have breakfast and then we start work around eight. At the beginning and end of the day, we have conferences with our mission control center to make sure we are all, in agreement with what we're gonna do that day on the schedule, and then we'll conduct experiment or, as I said, repair things. We have lunch middle of the day and at the end of the day we fix dinner and go to bed. We also spend 2 to 2 and a half hours exercising every day, which I just finished. Over.

10) This is Mutumi.
Don't you feel lonely? Over.

Sometimes, a little bit, I miss my family, but, there are three of us here and we are very good friends, we have opportunity to talk with lots of people on Earth, by ham radio, by telephone, by different ways, so, we usually we can stay in touch with people. Thanks for asking though.

11) This is Takayuki.
How do you clean your body? Over.

We don't have a shower because water would go everywhere, but we have washclothes and we have water that we can heat. So, we put hot water on a wash cloth, we use a special soap that is not very hard to rinse off. So we can wash our hair, and wash our body and it works very well, we bathe everyday. Over.

12) This is Kazuhiro.
Which is more comfortable the Earth or the space station? Over.

Well, in some ways, uh, Earth is easier because everything is predictable but in other ways, the space station is easier because nothing has weight. And if I want to go from one end of the station to the other, about 50 meters, I can just float or fly and it only take me a few seconds. Over.

13) This is Yuuki.
How do you make a contact with your family? Over.

NASA helps us make contact through special phone calls plus we have telephone up here where we can call them occasionally, and we also have e-mail which I use quite a bit with my family with my children. Over.

14) This is Shin.
What do you do on holidays? Over.

Say again, the question was broken.

This is Shin. What do you do on holidays? Over.

We're losing the contact, I believe. Try one more time please.

This is Shin. What do you do on holidays? Over.

On holidays, well, for example, yesterday was an American holiday, Thanksgiving, and I prepared a big meal like we do at home, with turkey, and potatoes and vegetables, and we had a big Thanksgiving dinner, and if it is a Russian holiday, then we celebrate in the Russian style. Over.

15) This is Eriko.
What personal goods did you bring from Earth? Over.

Well, I brought some pictures of my family, and I have some CD's with music, and I have some movies and some books. Over.

16) This is Takaya.
What do you think about being in the space? Over.

Try the question again please. We lost contact.

Pardon?

One more time please. Very slowly.

This is Takaya. What do you think about being in the space? Over.

I think space is a wonderful place to live. I hope that many people can live here in the future when we have larger stations. It's a lot of fun to be weightless, it's also a beautiful view. Plus we can do a lot of very good science up here. Over.

17) This is Takayuki.
What is the difference between being on the Earth and in the space station? Over.

The biggest difference is the lack of gravity. For example, we have to be very careful with liquids, if we are using a tool and we want to put it down, we have to use Velcro so it doesn't float away. It is very easy to lose things up here. Over.

18) This is Ryosuke.
What food do you eat in the space station? Do you drink milk?　Do you eat steak? Over.

(I eat a lot of) same food in space that I eat on the ground, though we can't have everything. What I miss is ice cream. But we have steak and we have chicken and we have vegetables and we have tea, OCHA. We have many, many different varieties, half Russian, half U.S. Over.

19) This is Chihiro.
Do you eat ice cream and candies? Over.

JK1ZAM, NA1SS. How do you read? Over.

This is Chihiro. Do you eat ice cream and candies? Over.

JK1ZAM, NA1SS. Over.

Thank you for your answering. Uh, Please keep at good working. Uh, Commander.

NA1SS, Uh, NA1SS, JK1ZAM. How do you read?
　
So, Please keep at good working, Commander.

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