80 knot winds and lots of rain caused flooding and downed trees in front of the shop. Inside was dry. However, the power went out dozens of times today. Give me a house at 140,000 feet….
The street out front.
Downed trees and flooding at our parking lot entrance.
Mini Ascenders called Mach Gliders will be used for much of the research for the Airship to Orbit program. Here’s a drawing of a Mach Glider reentering the atmosphere. The background picture is from the Away 25 mission.
The last few days have been focused on two things. Adjusting the missions for 2009 and 2010 and trying to get the shop back together. These task have something in common.
You move one thing and spend the next week trying to adjust all the implications.
Mean while here’s a cool pic of an early Dark Sky Station tether test.
