#CoolHangouts

#CoolHangouts  

H/T John Mueller 

Originally shared by BBC Earth Lab

To mark the launch of +Luca Parmitano 's #Volare  mission to the ISS, +Head Squeeze will be having a LIVE Google Hangout with Astronaut, Paolo Nespoli, from the +European Space Agency, ESA. Physicist +Martin Archer will be putting YOUR questions to Paolo, who has been on two missions to the ISS previously.

We're also giving two of YOU a chance to join us during the LIVE hangout! We'll be choosing the two best questions submitted before 1600 UK time on Mon May 27th and those with the questions will join us live on Tuesday.

Want to know more about what it's like on the International Space Station? How is it possible for us to even travel there? AND how will Luca be preparing for his first mission?

Send us your questions via Google+, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Use #AskanAstronaut  

Watch LIVE at www.youtube.com/headsqueeze #HeadSqueezeMission    

You can also watch the live launch of Luca's mission later the same day at 2000 GMT (2200 CEST) on 28th May.

Please note that to be in with a chance of joining the live Google+ Hangout, you must meet certain criteria.

SUCCESSFUL ENTRANTS MUST:

• be 18 or over;
• have submitted your question by 16:00 GMT on Monday 27th May 2013 and including #AskanAstronaut or #AskPaolo in the text (“Closing Date”);
• be able to log on and attend the hangout in the daytime of Tuesday 28th May 2013;
• have access to a quiet room with minimal background noise;
• respond to contact from Head Squeeze within two hours of initial contact being made by Head Squeeze providing the email address attached to the Google+ account being used by the successful entrant and their contact telephone number;
• agree to fully release their contribution to be broadcast live on YouTube and to be edited by Head Squeeze, and forego any rights to the footage;
• agree that the copyright (if any) and all other rights title and interest in and in respect to their contribution shall vest in and is hereby assigned to the Head Squeeze (and this assignment shall operate to the extent necessary as a present assignment of future copyright) and that Head Squeeze shall have the unfettered right to deal with the Contribution or any part of it in any way that it thinks fit.  Accordingly the successful entrants agree that their contribution or any part of it may be exhibited or otherwise howsoever exploited (and such exploitation may include the exploitation of ancillary rights therein) in all media and formats throughout the universe for the full period of copyright and all renewals and extensions thereof and thereafter so far as may be possible in perpetuity; and
• agree that the prize is conditional upon compliance with any and all relevant laws, rules and regulations. 

SUCCESSFUL ENTRANTS:
• will be deemed to have accepted these Terms & Conditions and agree to be bound by them by submitting your question for the Headsqueeze Hangout. 

TO JOIN THE HANGOUT YOU WILL NEED:

• A laptop or desktop computer with a camera, microphone and broadband connection of around 3Mbs; and
• A Google+ account. You can create a Google+ account for free here. Google+ is a third party and not affiliated with Head Squeeze in any way. Your use of a Google+ account is subject to Google's terms and policies which you should review in full before signing up and regularly thereafter.

HEAD SQUEEZE WILL:

• Select two qualifying submissions at random on Monday 27th May 2013 under the supervision of an independent adjudicator. Head Squeeze’s decision is final;
• Notify successful entrants within 24 hours after the Closing Date in the same form that they submitted their entry (e.g. via Google+, YouTube, Facebook or Twitter);
• Request a contact email address attached to the Google+ account being used and a contact telephone number from the successful entrants. Destroy successful entrants’ personal data after the Hangout has finished.

HEAD SQUEEZE:

• Reserves the right to cancel this competition or amend these Terms & Conditions without prior notice at any time, for whatever reason, and without liability to any entrants for doing so.
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