<\/a>Removing the cherry picker <\/div>
To free up valuable highbay space<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Cornhole boards used for science! <\/div>
Supporting the inner tube that lifts the bottom dome into place<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Opening the bottom dome <\/div>
With Jon and Anne<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Ed prepared for top dome removal <\/div>
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<\/a>Meanwhile, Jamil has been recruited to team insert <\/div>
He opens a telescope insert to prepare it for flight<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Anne performs the top dome magic <\/div>
She is the master of this magic<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Nat operates the hoist <\/div>
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<\/a>Top dome opening <\/div>
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<\/a>Top dome on its cart <\/div>
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<\/a>Jon and the open bottom <\/div>
Showing the six telescope ports<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Opened telescopes <\/div>
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<\/a>SPIDER hoodies <\/div>
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<\/a>Jamil fiddles with telescope prep <\/div>
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<\/a>Ed too <\/div>
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<\/a>Insert land <\/div>
The area beneath the mezzanine is dedicated to telescope prep<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Anne fixes the tops of some telescopes <\/div>
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<\/a>Lorenzo examines a focal plane <\/div>
The shiny dark parts are our fancy supercondiucting detectors<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Meanwhile, gondola assembly starts <\/div>
Seans helps build the cart<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Ivan too <\/div>
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<\/a>A complete telescope focal plane (top) and fridge (bottom) <\/div>
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<\/a>Focal plane with optics in background <\/div>
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<\/a>Barth's horrible chair <\/div>
Specially shipped for his comfort<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Colourful wiring <\/div>
In telescope insert<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Ivan triumphs over Sean in arm wrestling <\/div>
In the battle of the "Johns"<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Anne makes a helium membrane to seal the the telescopes <\/div>
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<\/a>Gondola assembly <\/div>
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<\/a>Obligatory Joseph photo <\/div>
He had recenty showed up<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Bottom preparations <\/div>
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