| Matt and Mark check the burnt out batteries for good cells before shipping them back to the manufacturer. |
| Jeff contemplates the receiver power conditioner. |
| Lifting the cryostat. |
| Lifting the cryostat. |
| Inserting the cryostat. |
| The flange on the back of the mirror interferes with the cryostat, so the back bar of the inner frame had to be removed to lower the cryostat sufficiently, something we've never done before, although that's why it's removable. |
| Looking through the hole in the secondary at the cryostat window cover. |
| Looking through the hole in the secondary at the cryostat window cover. |
| Looking through the hole in the secondary at the cryostat window cover. |
| Cryostat in place... almost. |
| The bolt circle on the cryostat and the mirror flange still want to be in the same place. Mark tries to fix things. |
| Mark dremels the million dollar mirror, while Marco assists. |
| Mark dremels the million dollar mirror, while Marco assists. |
| Gaelen and Marie remount the star cameras. |
| Gaelen and Marie remount the star cameras. |
| Um, Mark rides the ISC? |
| Marie and Marco putting the balance tank back on. |
| The inner frame fully equipped for weigh-in. |
| Victor hangs BLAST on the crane scale. |
| Getting ready to weigh. |
| Getting ready to weigh. |
| Although you can't read it, that says 3300 lbs. |
| NSBF riggers test fit the ballast hopper mounting plate. |
| Barth, Enzo and Jeff take a break. |
| Gaelen discovers why it's called Bikini Bottom Blue. |
| Me doing scan tests. |
| The gondol almost fully assmembled. |
| Barth chats on the phone. |
| Gaelen tries putting on the mirror cover with the scoop on. |
| Gaelen on top of the gondola, looking past the secondary mirror strut. |
| Jeff and Matt cable the DAS and receiver. |
| "Why aren't the thermometers working?" |