“Now is the time to begin preparing your amateur radio station to receive signals from SuitSat , the most unusual Amateur Radio satellite ever orbited. SuitSat amateur radio equipment will be installed inside a surplus Russian Orlan spacesuit. It will become an independently orbiting satellite once it is deployed by the crew of the International Space Station during an extravehicular activity, tentatively planned for February 2nd, 2006.”

(thks, ml and bh)

So, basically they are going to toss an empty Russian space suit out the hatch and let it broadcast pre-recorded images and sounds as it falls out of orbit. Yikes. Here is to all the Cosmonauts that died on the launch pad. permanent link to this post