LDB Construction Site
It's not all fun and games at McMurdo during the winter. This is a photo of one of the outdoor construction sites a few miles from town. Here RPSC is assembling several new buildings for NASA's Long Duration Balloon (LDB) program. Each year, NASA launches a few very large balloons wich travel around the continent on the circumpolar winds carring large payloads of scientific equipment.
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