{"id":5710,"date":"2012-07-14T11:11:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T15:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galadriel.astro.utoronto.ca\/ballast\/?p=5710"},"modified":"2012-07-14T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T15:11:11","slug":"blast-pol-unification-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=5710","title":{"rendered":"BLAST-Pol Unification Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday the 13th, BLAST-Pol was more-or-less completely assembled, with the cryo and gondola halves mated. The SIP was installed in the morning, and the cryostat, receiver, DAS, and star cameras in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery Start --><!-- - Version - 3.5.6 - User ID - 27717602@N03 - Photoset ID - 72157630571835876 - Gallery ID -  - Group ID -  - Tags -  - Popular -  - Per Page - 100 - Sort Order - flickr - Photo Size - _m - Custom Size - 0 - Square - false - Captions - on - Description - on - Columns - 3 - Credit Note - off - Background Color - Transparent - Width - auto - Pagination - on - Slideshow - colorbox - Disable slideshow? - --><div class='afg-gallery custom-gallery-12' id='afg-12' style='background-color:Transparent; width:100%; color:; border-color:Transparent;'><div class='afg-table' style='width:100%'><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example412'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8154\/7567944718_4543064e60_b.jpg' title='Greg works on the new shutter'><img class='afg-img' title='Greg works on the new shutter' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8154\/7567944718_4543064e60_m.jpg' alt='Greg works on the new shutter \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/7567944718\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Greg works on the new shutter <\/div><div class='afg-description'>To protect the cryostat window during ascent<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example412'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7273\/7567945102_f859cc308f_b.jpg' title='Tristan's new toy'><img class='afg-img' title='Tristan's new toy' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7273\/7567945102_f859cc308f_m.jpg' alt='Tristan&#039;s new toy \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/7567945102\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Tristan&#039;s new toy <\/div><div class='afg-description'>He's been getting his shiny new computer up and running<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example412'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7247\/7567945524_7c76aa99b1_b.jpg' title='SIP installation'><img class='afg-img' title='SIP installation' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7247\/7567945524_7c76aa99b1_m.jpg' alt='SIP installation \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/7567945524\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>SIP installation <\/div><div class='afg-description'>On little push forklift<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example412'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8009\/7567946016_d56200e069_b.jpg' title='Solar panels'><img class='afg-img' title='Solar panels' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8009\/7567946016_d56200e069_m.jpg' alt='Solar panels \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/7567946016\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Solar panels <\/div><div class='afg-description'>The new holder design isn't working out so well<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example412'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7131\/7567946918_1f381d47d0_b.jpg' title='Sandwich'><img class='afg-img' title='Sandwich' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7131\/7567946918_1f381d47d0_m.jpg' alt='Sandwich \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/7567946918\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Sandwich <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Mmm, sandwich. 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