![Click to enlarge](img/th_0916.jpg) | Matt and Mark check the burnt out batteries for good cells before shipping them back to the manufacturer. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0917.jpg) | Jeff contemplates the receiver power conditioner. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0918.jpg) | Lifting the cryostat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0919.jpg) | Lifting the cryostat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0920.jpg) | Inserting the cryostat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0921.jpg) | 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. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0922.jpg) | Looking through the hole in the secondary at the cryostat window cover. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0925.jpg) | Looking through the hole in the secondary at the cryostat window cover. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0926.jpg) | Looking through the hole in the secondary at the cryostat window cover. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0927.jpg) | Cryostat in place... almost. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0928.jpg) | The bolt circle on the cryostat and the mirror flange still want to be in the same place. Mark tries to fix things. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0929.jpg) | Mark dremels the million dollar mirror, while Marco assists. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0930.jpg) | Mark dremels the million dollar mirror, while Marco assists. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0931.jpg) | Gaelen and Marie remount the star cameras. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0932.jpg) | Gaelen and Marie remount the star cameras. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0933.jpg) | Um, Mark rides the ISC? |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0934.jpg) | Marie and Marco putting the balance tank back on. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0935.jpg) | The inner frame fully equipped for weigh-in. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0937.jpg) | Victor hangs BLAST on the crane scale. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0939.jpg) | Getting ready to weigh. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0940.jpg) | Getting ready to weigh. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0941.jpg) | Although you can't read it, that says 3300 lbs. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0942.jpg) | NSBF riggers test fit the ballast hopper mounting plate. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0944.jpg) | Barth, Enzo and Jeff take a break. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0946.jpg) | Gaelen discovers why it's called Bikini Bottom Blue. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0947.jpg) | Me doing scan tests. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0948.jpg) | The gondol almost fully assmembled. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0949.jpg) | Barth chats on the phone. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0950.jpg) | Gaelen tries putting on the mirror cover with the scoop on. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0951.jpg) | Gaelen on top of the gondola, looking past the secondary mirror strut. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0952.jpg) | Jeff and Matt cable the DAS and receiver. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_0953.jpg) | "Why aren't the thermometers working?" |