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Students Call Space Station With Home-Built Radio
Pizzutz writes "Four Toronto college students have accomplished a technological feat that their teachers are calling a first. The Humber College seniors made contact with the International Space Station Monday with a radio system they designed and built themselves. School officials say that, to their knowledge, that's never been accomplished by students at the college level." Somewhat disappointingly, the students actually did have permission to make contact.
...Cap'n Crunch responded by saying "tweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet", and subsequently found out that, yes, the fridge on the ISS is in fact running.
HAM SPAM?
"Is your CO2 scrubber running? Better go catch it!"
Har har har.
With the first link, the chain is forged.
Though it it some what difficult to come up with space themed prank calls akin to "Is your refrigerator running".
I suppose calling them and telling them to stay up there since Earth has been wiped out would be in bad taste ;)
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
But... They're art majors.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
Is there something special we need to know about students in Canada?
That they're Canadian?
That they pronounce "about" as "a boot"?
(With apologies to South Park)
"But this one goes to 11!"