Yesterday we were going to push to be taken outside to the wooden pad (aka the dance floor, but that doesn’t fit my alliterative title) to do sensor alignment calibrations. But it was too windy, so instead we did a thorough job of all the prep work that we were going to rush through.
At the end of the day, a small debugging problem spiraled out of control until before we knew it everything was shut down and we had the ACS open. Barth, Enzo, and I stayed late to try to resolve everything, so that the gondola could be used in the morning.
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- The Boss waits on our doorstep, in case we go outside
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- The pad waits too
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- A pair of skuas take off before I get out there
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- The skuas leave. Apparently they’re a lot shyer at LDB than in town
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- They proceed to circle menacingly, before leaving
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- What skuas do in town (to Natalie). This is why I find them menacing (Photo courtesy Chris Schwantes, via Matt)
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- Tristan holds a ladder while solar panels are attached
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- Meanwhile, Matt fixes up the wiring on the next set of panels
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- Nick does some rough rebalancing to account for the scoop
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- Elio helps out
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- Self portrait in mylar. I’m not very good at aiming without a viewfinder
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- The CSBF solar panels, assembled and ready to attach
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- More of Joseph’s solar panels
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- All the empty space on the mezzanine, now that there isn’t a giant scoop in the middle
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- Elio, Nick, and Matt work their computers
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- Matt calibrates the magnetometer in a highly scientific manner: with a magnetic screwdriver in a broom handle
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- Magnetometer calibration in progress
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- Laura is “cozy” wearing Big Red indoors
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- Nick, Barth, and Laura debug a funny ground situation
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- Lorenzo roots through a spare parts box in search of a miracle (finding the part he needs)
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- Enzo solders chips onto a board, during our late night debugging session
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