Signs, Scanning, Little Jobs

Over the last couple days the highbay has been fairly quiet. Laura and Tristan have been busy running test scans and generally preparing for the flight, while the rest of us tackle the ever-shrinkng list of little jobs left to do. One job that is both scanning-related and little is testing and finalizing the extreme elevation limits.

Because of the slow times, I also took a photographic tour of the signs around the highbay.

DFTBA

Tristan reminds us: Don't Forget To Be Awesome

Taping suspension cables

For thermal reasons

More cable taping

Outer frame balance

We used lots of lead bricks, rather than move the batteries from the other side (the cables were too short)

E L I O

Some creative rearrangement of his full nametag

! CAUTION !

To be posted on the outside, when applicable

Do not screw or nail into floor

COME AND TAKE IT

Nobody has ever successfully raided the Payloud #2 mezzanine

Many garbage cans

Because all Antarctic trash is sorted

Monkeys

Remnants from above my desk in 2010

Another sign

That Tyr might be insane

Low elevation

19.5 degrees. Just before the chin and scoop collide

High elevation

54.75 degrees.

High elevation

Upper limit

Set by scoop interacting with suspension cables

Star camera pockets

Otherwise they would poke out the covered panel

Star camera door

On one side it's a door, to access the top of the cryostat

Scanning I

Scanning II

Scanning III