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He and John left in the afternoon<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Anne cleans thermal shields <\/div>
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<\/a>Mechanic Becky <\/div>
Does some testing underneath Theo<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Ziggy blackening <\/div>
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<\/a>Bemco setup <\/div>
For thermal\/vacuum testing of flight hardware. Detector readout electronics are here so far<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Steve is smelly <\/div>
An anonymous commenter expresses olfactory displeasure on my dusty monitor<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Insulation and Jon <\/div>
Photographing the top of the cryostat<\/div><\/div>!["All" of the half-wave plates \u2022 <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9043074424\/" target="_blank">View on Flickr<\/a>](https:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5520\/9043074424_2f1be9cbf4_m.jpg "\\"All\\" of the half-wave plates")
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<\/a>"All" of the half-wave plates <\/div>
The different frequency bands are white\/black due to different anti-reflection coatings<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Lorenzo working on the last telescope <\/div>
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<\/a>Chuck wagon <\/div>
Loading up motors and such to bring to the Bemco<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Barth braces for extreme speed <\/div>
Going at a brisk walking pace<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>More Bemco setup <\/div>
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<\/a>Bemco run #2 <\/div>
With the chamber now mostly populated<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Installing top shielding <\/div>
Blocks heat\/light<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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