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December 7th 06, 01:51 AM
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No-Code Technician on Space Shuttle.
Slow Code wrote:
wrote in : On December 7th, 2006 the following No-Code Technician Ham Radio Operators will be on the Space Shuttle Mission STS-116. No-Code Technician Sunita Williams KD5PLB, No Code Technician Christer Fuglesang KE5CGR and No-Code Technician Nicholas Patrick KD5PKY. This flight will be the 20th Space Shuttle Flight for No-Code Technician Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick KD5PKY to the International Space Station. Roger No-Code Technician- KC8MZW The was a time astronauts were skilled an knew CW. ?? Did you mean to write: 'There was a time when astronauts were skilled and knew Morse Code.' ? If so, let's add some other fun facts: None of the Mercury, Gemini or Apollo astronauts was a ham. If they knew Morse Code, it was because of their pre-NASA military training as pilots. We've had noncodetested Technicians as astroanuts since 1991 - almost 16 years ago. What's the problem? Are you just now beginning to figure this out? None of the spacecraft communications systems use Morse Code or HF. They're all above 30 MHz. As for being skilled - let's just say that all the astronauts have quite an impressive skill set. Could you do what they do? I think not. |
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