<\/a>Johanna feeding the dog <\/div>
Becky has been trying to get the name Tortilla to stick<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Barth suverys his damage <\/div>
We'd covered a suspension cable, but didn't account for stretching under load<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Arts and crafts with the professors <\/div>
BIll helps add a sliding sheath in the cable cover<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Arts and crafts with the professors <\/div>
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<\/a>The end result <\/div>
Shiny cables that are immune to sunlight<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Jamil uses the mega ratchet extension <\/div>
To attach the reaction wheel<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Natalie levels a reaction wheel brick <\/div>
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<\/a>Don cleaning <\/div>
There was nasty residue on some of the parts<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Cryostat: fully covered bottom <\/div>
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<\/a>Cryostat: fully covered top <\/div>
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<\/a>Ziggy finishes things up <\/div>
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<\/a>Preparing to close up, Ed wheels the top dome out <\/div>
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<\/a>Underside of top dome <\/div>
With four of the recessed windows installed<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Whack-a-grad-student <\/div>
Graduate students live a peaceful existence popping in and out of windows<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Until Big Bad Bill arrives and starts whacking them <\/div>
Starting with Anne<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Big Bad Bill approaches his next innocent and unsuspecting victim <\/div>
Well, Ed's not so unsuspecting. Or innocent?<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Johanna braces herself <\/div>
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<\/a>Sasha copes with her untimely demise by laughing <\/div>
And Natalie seems mildly amused<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>The cryostat. Upright <\/div>
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<\/a>Lorenzo for scale <\/div>
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