LDB Construction Site

Photographer: Nacreous Cloud
From: Late fall in McMurdo

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.