 | Writing yesterdays entry. I have to do this all via Windows since Matt hasn't shown up yet to tell me why the hotel wireless isn't working in Linux. |
 | Enzo fills up the Jitney. |
 | Nick, Gaelen, Marie, Chris and Danica start unpacking. |
 | Uncrating the cryostat. |
 | Uncrating the cryostat. |
 | Enzo and Gaelen prepare the inner frame for measuring. |
 | Removing the top hats. |
 | Gaelen makes a camera puchase. |
 | Jeff's Favorite Pizza appears to be Pepperoni. |
 | Chris takes time out for a bit of elite training. |
 | Ninja turtles. |
 | Shimming the alignment jig. |
 | Chris, Maire and Enzo contemplate the strange noises coming from the alignment laser. |
 | Nick untangles flight cables. |
 | Barth prepares to Bemco the ACS. The Bemco is a vacuum chamber, which can also be heated or cooled to test electronics in different temperature regimes. |
 | Chris helps Barth attach temperature sensors to the ACS. |
 | In case you forgot about this from the last time we were here... |
 | Enzo, Barth and I trying to debug problems with the ACS. |
 | Enzo, Barth and I trying to debug problems with the ACS. |
 | Gaelen offers Barth some jumper shunts. |
 | Temperature readout from the Bemco. |
 | A close-up of the capillary attached to the helium-3 fridge. |
 | A close-up of the capillary attached to the helium-3 fridge. |
 | A close-up of the capillary attached to the helium-3 fridge. |
 | A close-up of the capillary attached to the helium-3 fridge. |
 | A close-up of the capillary attached to the helium-3 fridge. |
 | Enzo, Barth, Chris and Megan outside the LDB building. |
 | Housekeeping readout from the ACS inside the Bemco. |
 | Dinner at the Taqueria Mexicano. |
 | Inside the new Operations Control Center (OCC). The BLAST flight from Kiruna was the first flight to be run from the new OCC. |
 | Strange restrictions for moving a computer cart. |
 | Chris, Marie and Danica contemplate the capillary. |
 | The three trolls (and Subaru) set up and ready for the cryo-run. |
 | Tracer inflation at the OCC. |
 | Tracer inflation at the OCC. |
 | A BLAST related poster. |
 | Tracer launch. |
 | Tracer launch. |
 | A short tracer launch video. |
 | The Tracer flight clock (lower) after reset, reading 2 minutes and 15 seconds after launch. |