Another One Down

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Today was another long day. Early breakfast followed by sorting things out with people back home. The HF Antenna did not come with a preamp or a means of acquiring the data, and the solar panels were not working properly.

Out at Willy I oriented and buried the magnetometer, which has to be aligned with the local magnetic field in order for the x and y axes to be meaningful (both are perpendicular to how the field line enters the earth). Chris and I also set up what we could of the HF Antenna, then started in on the allsky camera, but the camera dome and housing do not fit together, so we left and are waiting for people to wake up this morning back home.

The plane that was supposed to have our riometer on it got canceled, so we have to wait at least one more day for that.

Sleeeeeeeeep

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Photos

Workin
Chillingsly (the bear) and Slapshot (the penguin) (as I found out their names are)
Hard at work

Coooooooooooool
coooooooooooool

To Space
Sending Chillingsly off in our rocket ship.

bye bye
leaving Slapshot behind

HF Antenna
I made a square with the help of invisible (white) guywires

Comments

[mom]

Slapshot and Chillingsly
Are you seriously leaving them behind/out in space?