<\/a>Droopy balloon <\/div>
Being deflated after crew chief launch training.<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Javier climbs into the boat <\/div>
He doesn't fit quite so well as Susan did.<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Bryce learns about the wonders of taping <\/div>
The bottom side is especially fun!<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Light sealing of the optics box <\/div>
Aluminum tape over all the cracks<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Light sealing on the other side <\/div>
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<\/a>Group action shot <\/div>
Finishing up the optics box\/telescope before reinstalling on the middle frame.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Finished optics box <\/div>
Bryce gave it an eye.<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>FInished optics box <\/div>
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<\/a>More finished optics box <\/div>
This is for future documentation.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Battery attaching in the dark <\/div>
For other reasons, the lights happened to be off for exactly the duration of this work.<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Group action shot <\/div>
Testing and foaming<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Thumbs up to tracking the fake star on the guide camera <\/div>
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<\/a>John attaches the "vibrolator" <\/div>
A carefully engineered bolt taped to a motor. For shaking the frame slightly while Javier tunes the fine guidance system<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Shinification begins! <\/div>
For thermal reasons, almost all of bit needs to be covered in aluminized mylar. Plus that makes it shiny.<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Michael adds insulating foam to the telescope baffle <\/div>
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<\/a>Bryce shinfies the outer frame <\/div>
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<\/a>Sutieng joins the foam\/shinification team <\/div>
She arrived from Durham (UK) with Richard<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Cables on the optics box <\/div>
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<\/a>Routed cables <\/div>
Neatly organized, and won't flop around which can upset BIT's precision pointing control.<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>John does something. <\/div>
I forget what. Probably important.<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Michael finishes making the telescope baffle pretty <\/div>
And thermally stable, but pretty is the important part.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Revisiting team foam\/shiny <\/div>
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<\/a>The riggers test fit CSBF's solar panel frames <\/div>
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<\/a>Susan channels the power of 2.5 faces <\/div>
Reaching inside to test some thermometers<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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