It was in real life. It happened during the first crew
stayover in the ISS.

--Mike L.


"LittleGreenAlien" wrote in message
news:xipjbhszhajxduh.050720050821@kirk...
be better to see it happening in real life than a fictional movie

"Michael Lawson" wrote in message
...
Yesterday, my wife and I took the family to go see the
new IMAX film in our area, on the International Space
Station (ISS). The film was well done (with the exception
of listening to Tom Cruise narrating while his well
publicized mid-life crisis is ongoing), and there was
an interesting amateur radio component as well.

It's probably well known in ham circles that you can
talk to the astronauts from time to time in a special
ham session, but one was actually shown on the
IMAX film. I'm sure that it surprised some people
who will see the film that you can actually do that.

It's actually nice to see kids using amateur radio
for a change, instead of what we've been subjected
to (old farts, a dying hobby, etc.) for the past age
or so.

--Mike L.