We had the whole shop going Saturday. The team make progress across several missions and vehicles. We glued another seam reinforcement strip onto the new airbeam. This is a long process. After each seven foot seam has it’s reinforcement glued on it needs to set under 200 pounds of load for 24 hours. The wizzzz bang sounds were getting fewer and fewer as the day went on. It was the tangible evidence that progress was being make on the controllability of the reel system. The new end caps got the first half of a fiberglass band laid on. Finally we finished integrating the mini launch boxes onto the frame, make new camera housings and started the wiring harnesses for Away 38.
It gives me a warm glow when so many projects are humming along in the “down to the detail” mode. It’s not as flashy as a flight or a big vehicle assembly but I believe this is where the real work of getting to space happens.
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