Question for Chris Hadfield: How Do You Open the Portal to an Alternate Universe?

In just one week, Jack and I will be on our way to Buffalo for an early morning flight to Washington, DC to NASA Headquarters for a special social media event. Over dinner, he and his younger brother pondered the questions they'd ask Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, given the chance.

Don't get me wrong, he's excited about speaking to ALL the astronauts. The opportunity to connect with one of our national heroes from the CSA, however, has his wee head spinning.

The conversation actually started earlier in the day, when I picked them up at school. Jack's teacher and classmates at Sydenham Community School are ecstatic he is going to NASA Headquarters and will have the chance to chat with real, live astronauts on the International Space Station. They plan on tuning in to NASA TV in the classroom next Wednesday morning to follow along.

We promised to relay their questions, as much as we can, and will post them here on Jack's blog before we leave next week. After the questions we entertained at dinner, I can't wait to see what the class might come up with!

Here are the questions my Kindergarten and Grade Two sons would ask Chris Hadfield, given the chance:

1. Top of the list, absolutely burning question: Do you know how to open the portal to an alternate universe?
2. How do you make such good music all the way up in space?
3. Do you think some day we'll be able to have space pets?
4. Why didn't you put the heat-resistant shield you used on (not suite sure what he's referring to but it's from his National Geographic Space book) on your shuttle so you could fly closer to the sun? - That's my Jack. I asked if he's going to ask them questions or try to tell them how it's done ;)

NASA's superstar social team have promised to send more details about our special day next week. They've also given us the thumbs up to blogging about our adventure; stay tuned to Jack's blogs for his rendition of the trip. I'll be writing about NASA's "Science on the International Space Station - Gateway to the Universe" social event at my agency's Online Marketing Blog, SearchEngineWatch.com and SocialMediaWeek.org, so watch for plenty of stories and pics! 

Until we get there, I'm loving how inspired and crazy the kids are over this. Thank you so much to the NASA Social team for setting this up!

~Miranda