Invent Space Communication Technology

Invent Space Communication Technology

WO1 Meloche, 60 Minutes, No tests, IG&QSP

Relevance

• Aerospace is central to cadet training

• Camp Opportunities

Teaching Points

• 1: Explain That Astronauts Use Radio Communication While

  in Space to Communicate With Other Astronauts and

  Ground Control

• 2: Invent a Communication System for Space

Open Ended

Review Question: List all the space technologies that you are familiar with.

TP1: Communication Technologies

• Radio Communication

• In space - astronauts use ultra high frequency (UHF) radio transceivers to communicate with their colleagues inside the shuttle cabin and occasionally ground control during launch or landing

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Multiple Choice

Astronauts use UHF to:

• Communicate with other astronauts in the shuttle cabin

• communicate with ground crew the during launch

• communicate with ground crew the during the landing

• All of the above

Communication Carrier Assembly

The CCA is a fabric cap worn by the astronaut. It contains microphones and speakers for use with the radio. It allows for hands-free radio communication while wearing a spacesuit. 

Multiple Choice

CCA stands for

• Communication Co-ordination Automations

• Co-ordinated Co-operative Astronauts

• Communication Carrier Assembly

• Communication Carrier Automations

Radio Communication Failure

• Hard to develop procedures surrounding radio failure

• Astronauts are meant to exercise good judgement to come to a resolution

Open Ended

What do you do if you are in an online and you can't hear people speak, or they can't hear you? What additional challenges do astronauts face?

Teaching Point 2

Develop A Space Communication Technology In Groups