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At the Coffee Shop
So today, we
got some more time off. This is a good thing, because it is very
likely that we may be have our first launch opportunity on December
17. And once TIGER is up in the air, we will have to begin
monitoring the instrument around the clock. Luckily, we are
splitting up this task between the McMurdo-based crew, Washington
University and the Goddard Space Flight Center. But during those
first critical days of launch, it will be up to us down here on the
Ice. This will most likely mean spending a couple of nights out
here in the Weatherport again. So getting rest now is important.
Drew wanted to work with the SIP today and so we
powered down the instrument and turned off the flight CPU for the first
time in about a week. After that was done, I decided to spend the
day in the coffee shop. I met two friends, Brien, a journalist
for the Antarctic Sun and Marianne, a scientist with the Iceberg
Project. The atmosphere in the coffee shop on a Sunday afternoon
offers a great place to relax, work on this webpage and spend time with
interesting people. But it's back to work tomorrow...
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