Last Wednesday we did balloon fill training. We always do this with a small, three foot balloon and helium. This provides feedback on how well it was done my measuring the lift in the balloon compared with the intended fill. After three fills with the small balloon and one with a bigger balloon is was apparent that something was amiss. All the fills were off by the exact same factor. This means only one thing. Time to recalibrate the fill meter. That all day task was done on Saturday, (it must be done over and over again to verify a stable meter). On the plus side it was one of the best fill training session we’re had in a while.
Saturday also featured camera rebuilding,deck mounting, and telemetry system layout work. Were now close enough to the Away 38 mission that work on all project not related to the upcoming flight are on hold.
