<\/a>Gondola outside <\/div>
Late shift (aka B team) arrived to see this.<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>New Crane <\/div>
Replacement for Tiny Tim, the old and much loved launch vehicle.<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Taking down the broken basketball backboard <\/div>
Thus begins a little side project<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>BIT on the move <\/div>
Part of me is sad that it's not hanging from Tim. But this crane works very well.<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Hanging in the air <\/div>
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<\/a>Closer look at BIT <\/div>
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<\/a>Poking at solar panel frame <\/div>
To test levels of floppiness<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Larry comes back in <\/div>
He's the safety officer, so has to put up with us a lot<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Guiding BIT back inside <\/div>
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<\/a>Setting down on 4x4s. <\/div>
So that the crane can be adjusted for going inside<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Reaching inside <\/div>
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<\/a>Back inside <\/div>
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<\/a>Javier adjusts the final balance <\/div>
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Sunday was a big day for BIT. Starting in the morning, a big team was in for pre-compatibility tests. Before we fly, we will need to show that all our things work, and that they are compatible with NASA’s electronics for communication and balloon control. Pre-compatibility is a trial run to check for any problems before the final test. Overall it went quite well. One slightly sad note is that the old and loved launch vehicle, Tiny Tim, has been replaced due to needing increasingly frequent repairs. The lifts were smooth, but lacked a certain je ne sais quoi. After the tests, we had our first clear night in weeks. This gave us an opportunity to finally test the telescope and guidance systems with real stars. The afternoon was spent preparing, and then the late shift spent the night testing. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536"}],"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=6536"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6539,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536\/revisions\/6539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}