The final camera test looks good. I won’t know for sure until I review the images. Seven camera, 409 images each all looking at clocks. It’s going to take a lot of David Bowie and Space Vacuum to get through that pile.
There was a glitch in the backup balloon release system. The computer reset when the release heater came on. This means it never got to the release itself. It looks like it was just a low battery issue coupled with the incorrect heater installed for the test. However just to be safe I’m going to do a modification on the circuit to “lock” the computer on. This does mean another round of testing today.
The helium tanks all got checked. The team is really good about marking the tanks as full, used or empty, however, I hate dragging empties to the desert so each one gets rechecked.
A lot of you have e-mailed in. I must apologizes for my delay in replying. I’ve fall just a bit behind. I will get back to you soon.
Search would appear to be broken on your website. I’m sure you are too busy to look at it now but mabey sometime!
message “Not Found The requested URL http:// was not found on this server.”
URL is http://jpaerospace.com/2008/08/13/all-the-little-things/?s=balloon
but it doesn’t seem to matter what you put in as the search term.
Good luck with the next mission!
Andrew