Yesterday we went outside, briefly. The plan was to get carried over to the "dance floor" (a wooden pad, placed away from the buildings) to test pointing sensors and telemetry. We were also going out to make room for Super-TIGER to go out on the deck. The weather’s plan was to be potentially windy, and because there wasn’t a good reason to press the issue, we conceded.
Also, unsurprisingly, a very effective way to make the highbay freezing cold is to open the main front doors for more than a few seconds.
Because some confusion has been expressed to me in the past: The Boss is the large red and black launch vehicle. The bossiest Boss that ever bossed.
The Boss
On our doorstep
Rolling out
Mostly with the crane, but with some literal rolling to clear it
Laura looks at data
Which all seems to be okay
Laura looks at me
She might suspect that I'm less okay
Super-TIGER
With lucky horseshoe. I arrived after it was assembled, so have only seen the shiny outer shell
The Boss grabs BLAST
The Boss in profile
Off the deck
Hanging out
Tyr poses
Powerfully
Rolling back in
Inner frame
Mirrors and star cameras
Back to the deck
Setting the ladder up the back
Chief and antennas
Our crew chief (Mark) switches from The Boss back to the crane. Amongst the antennas on the top
New hat
BLAST wears it to protect the mirror from falling objects (like broken off pieces of a file...)
Serial hub
Because, serial hub
Partially boxed SBSC
Motorized valve
For opening/closing cyostat vents during the flight
Enzo tried skiing
He liked it
Fried traces
On one of the motorized valve boards
Elio makes repairs
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