Yesterday morning was a flurry of work as we prepared to remove the cryostat from the gondola so that noise tests could proceed without disrupting other gondola integration. Gondola integration progresses well: the SSS (historically named “Second Sun Sensor” or “Simple Sun Sensor”), was mounted, as were transmitters and the new floor. Star cameras are done and the code for the SBSC now compiles.
Mark and Tony flew out, leaving Enzo to have his was with noise tests for a while. In the evening the ACS, probably out of jealousy, started having noise problems of its own. This seems related to a hardware problem on a BLASTbus motherboard.
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- Juan in action during the morning flurry
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- More flurry, Nick is an allen key ninja
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- Tristan during the flurry. He’s not a ninja
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- Elio climbs into the nook to prepare the cryostat cables. The nook is a happy happy place
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- Andrei is the knot man (not “not man”)
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- Knot manning complete
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- Mega Group Action Shot!
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- Cryostat comes out
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- Laura engages ultra-big-text-mode, and can’t make it go away
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- The distraction diverting dinosaurs (Gertrude and Gary) are insufficient for Barth
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- My cable necklace, serving its original purpose as power bus
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- The less necklacy replacement that is usually used instead
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- Josh drills the holes to mount the floor
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- Natalie’s eagerly awaited long long pole. It costs four times more to ship than the material is worth
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- Elio finishes transmitter mounting, with isolating shoulder washers
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- The three transmitters, hanging from the bottom of the gondola
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- The SSS on its boom
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