<\/a>SPIDER scanning <\/div>
Mostly operational, but far from ready to fly<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>More scanning <\/div>
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<\/a>With sun shield frame <\/div>
On the following day<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Pivot testing <\/div>
Featuring a pulley<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Ivan and I remake the pivot controller box <\/div>
Day shift breaks things, night shift fixes them<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Remade box <\/div>
Before its foam cver<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Not-so-rigorous testing <\/div>
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<\/a>Solar panel checks <\/div>
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<\/a>So many panels <\/div>
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<\/a>Wall of power <\/div>
The best panels are chosen for SPIDER<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Wiring up the wall of power <\/div>
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<\/a>Taking a brief break <\/div>
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<\/a>And a nap later <\/div>
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<\/a>Hard hat rainbow <\/div>
Though I couldn't find a purple one...<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Fata Morgana <\/div>
Opposite of a conventional mirage, causes elongated-seeming structures. Like this huge Scott Base<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>![\"Finally](\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8591\/15517538343_6d3653ac96_n.jpg\")
A couple weeks ago, SPIDER was mostly operational, but nowhere near ready to fly. Since then, we have discovered and resolved two major issues: with excess detector noise, and with funny behaviour of the pivot motor at the top of the payload. I have spent a blur of night shifts conducting tests, performing repairs, and shinifying\/sun protecting many of SPIDER’s surfaces. Also included below is an animation from Christmas Morning of SPIDER scanning. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6460"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6460"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6464,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6460\/revisions\/6464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}