When the campaign started, June 15 was set as the target for having the cryostat closed and the vacuum pump turned on. Somehow, by 11pm this dream was realized.
Before that, Bill played whack-a-grad-student. And the suspension cables were made shiny.
(Yesterday was a day off, during which I took no photos.)
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Johanna feeding the dog
Becky has been trying to get the name Tortilla to stick
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Barth suverys his damage
We'd covered a suspension cable, but didn't account for stretching under load
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Arts and crafts with the professors
BIll helps add a sliding sheath in the cable cover
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Arts and crafts with the professors
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The end result
Shiny cables that are immune to sunlight
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Jamil uses the mega ratchet extension
To attach the reaction wheel
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Natalie levels a reaction wheel brick
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Don cleaning
There was nasty residue on some of the parts
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Cryostat: fully covered bottom
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Cryostat: fully covered top
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Ziggy finishes things up
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Preparing to close up, Ed wheels the top dome out
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Underside of top dome
With four of the recessed windows installed
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Whack-a-grad-student
Graduate students live a peaceful existence popping in and out of windows
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Until Big Bad Bill arrives and starts whacking them
Starting with Anne
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Big Bad Bill approaches his next innocent and unsuspecting victim
Well, Ed's not so unsuspecting. Or innocent?
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Johanna braces herself
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Sasha copes with her untimely demise by laughing
And Natalie seems mildly amused
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The cryostat. Upright
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Lorenzo for scale
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The bottom dome
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Bottom dome is lifted into place by inflating an inner tube underneath
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Final checkout up top
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The gondola team had also put some things together
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Jon prepares for pump activation
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Celebration
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