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Show 2 Saturday, April Lakeside 18, 1998 Lakeside Review - t. k - SPACE TALK: Former Sen. Jake Gam (right) visited Monte Vista Elementary in Farmington recently to talk about the space program. At far right, Gam answers questions from students. BRIAN .sr? H -- WJ TA - X -- V t. ? .vy v; .$ - I- Vt la v- - t v- .. - , w Vji . - s, zh Tr - ip .. , . v -- , ... w - T'' fV ' iii f NICHOLSON Standard-Examin- ix f'k t X-- A r. V ' ' ' Former senator who flew in shuttle talks to kids about future of space By RUTH MALAN Standard-Examin- correspondent -- Farmington The and been in elementary school, former Sen. Jake Gam told students at Monte Vista Elementary this week. Gam was Utahs senator from 1974 through 1992. Students in all grades have been focusing on science this year, and this month they had NASA Space Week. Im jealous of you young Reoplc, Gam said. Maybe someday somebody in this rciom will be the first person on Mars. You cant even begin to guess what you will do when you grow up, he added. Gam was bom in Richfield and attended Uinta Elementary School in Salt Lake City. When he was a child there was no space travel. Space shuttles hadnt even been thought of, he said. I traveled 25 times the speed of sound, Gam said of his flight in the space shuttle Discovery in 1985. I couldnt even imagine that when 1 was your age. He was married and the father of two of his seven children before Sputnik was put into orbit. Then five months after that the Candy tivity. I think youre a poop, said Councilman Garr Roundy, who favors continuing the practice just as it is. e I" t n ' f I United States sent a satellite into orbit. There is no way I would have guessed I would fly in space, he said. Gams own father was a pilot He got his wings in 1917 and was a pioneer in aviation. Gam followed his dads footsteps and was a pilot in the Navy. He recalls sitting beside his father and watching Neil Armstrong go into space. My father cried, he was so overcome with emotion, Gam explained. Gams father lived to see the evolution of flight from the Wright Brothers to the space shuttles. When Gam first began flying planes, he used a low frequency radio and had to know Morse Code. A steady hum from the radio meant he was still on course. Now he uses a global positioning satellite navigator when flying his airplane and can locate every airport in the northern hemisphere. It even tells where the nearest rental cars and food services are, he said. You will be amazed at what you will be able to do. You need to learn your lessons and do your homework to take advantage of opportunities you dont even know about now, Gam told the students gathered in the multipurpose room. Someday you will be able to stand up and say you can do things that didnt even exist when you were young. Gam showed the students a film of his Discovery space flight. The Great Salt Lake could be seen from the shuttle as it orbited the earth at 17,500 miles per hour. He demonstrated how the astronauts used Velcro on the walls to keep things from floating away. We couldnt go into space without Velcro," he said. The crew he went with was the first crew to take toys into space. Some had said a yo-y- o wouldnt work in space, but they found that it would. And playing jacks in the air with no gravity was fun. Gam said. Awesome was the reaction from students as they watched the film and saw how objects act when there is no gravity. Following the film students were full of questions for the former astronaut. One of the most common questions was how they eat in space. John Glenn was the first astronaut to go into space. At that time scientists did not know if the astronauts would be able to swallow food in space, so Glenn had to squeeze his food out of tubes. But Gam was able to eat real meals. The big difference in eating food in space is that without gravity the food would stick to both the top and bottom of the Ive got five kids and that is the only reason they go to the parade," he said. walk the parade route and hand-delivcandy. But with that, he said, there is always the potential Roundy believes other From 1 Councilman Ivan Anderson. Councilman Curt Oda said he would like to be able to find an alternative that would allow candy throwing but keep it a safe ac- .- ? resi- dents feel the same as he does, and the council will hear from them if they discontinue the practice. The people that arc really responsible for the children are the parents that are there, Roundy said. City Attorney Larry Waggoner said the city could have people N . ' Wrjy -' w Y spoon. There was as much food on the bottom of the spoon as on the top. We had to open our mouth wider and we had to drink from a straw, he told the students. Another student asked, How much air is in a space ship? Gam explained that the air was recirculated in the shuttle. The carbon dioxide was taken out of the air and it was recycled. And how did they throw things away? All of the food containers were the same size so they could fit inside of each other. You dont leave anything in space, Gam said. Even human waste is brought back to earth to be disposed of. Did you get sick? He was asked. Yes, he got sick, he said, but did not throw up. Three-fourtof everybody that goes into space gets sick. It is called space adaptation syndrome, Gam explained. It just means throwing up, he said. To get rid of the throw up, the sick astronauts must wear a bag much like the ones horses eat from. It straps on the head and over the face. And, of course, money was a big question. Students wanted to know how much he was paid to go on the shuttle. Nothing. I would pay to get to go again, Gam said. Another question: Have you ever seen a Maitian? them there are no Martians, but he believes there is life in space besides that on the Gam told Earth.. With more than 100 billion suns in our galaxy, There has to be people out there someplace, he said. Waggoner said before the city makes a decision he intends to contact other cities to see how they have handled the situation. He believes, though, deep down in his own sweet tooth, the city will figure out a way to continue the practice. & High Efficiency I a.v. r At. t Savings - - Nvi " m v Not Be y ' t iIk v - I 5 5 - ' i j. ? 4 '5 I- - 4 I? installations , r1 I4 -f We do our own installations 1 c ; feci tJULLL Youf Air Conditioning 520 South State, Clearfield I v fj 6 292-163- IT X BahalFahh 'k IWHvIVrtm A Prescription 1 . if MA For 6 Healing Hie Work: 9:00 am mwM- - 10.30 am Nursery Available for Both 1 Swniiay Morning 1 Cs30 n.m. 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