Sim 17 started

Sim 17 started at 2140. SIM 17 will be approximately 5 hours in duration . At 3.5 hous into the SIM The Insertion Burn will be preformed.


Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps.
- Emo Phillips

SIM 27 Complete

Sim 27 completed at 19:40. At this time we are configuring for SIM 17 which will simulate LOI-1 Maneuver and perform early mission activities.

"I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once"

3rd time is the charm Sim-27

Sim-27 started at ~1400 and is scheduled to run for 6 hours. GDS had a problem with the RW‘s and the current problem is the timing between GDS writes and FSW reads. The current problem as of this writing is not a show stopper. The timing is being tweaked as the simulation moves forward.



"What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet"

TC-145: LAMP Functional Complete

TC-145: LAMP Functional 8:49-10:30pm
Ran 2 NAC images @ 10:32p & 10:35p
TC-83: Turn off instruments. 10:37p-10:44p
TC-84: Dump SSR Recorder. 10:46p
Power down Ka system @ 11:14p
TC-85: C&DH DSB Memory Test. Started @11:16p

"Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it." -Michel de Montaigne

TC-139: LOLA CPT #7 complete @ 8:47pm

This was the last LOLA/LR Test in a long series that started at 11:52am today and lasted until 8:47 pm.

Next up: LAMP Functional (3hrs), DSB Memory Test (4-6 hrs, no instruments powered), Start transition to Ambient, MRF Calibration @~30 degC (3am-5am),

6am Start getting ready for Mission Sim 27 & 17.
8am Start Mission Sim 27 & 17.

"Engineering is the art of modeling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyze so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance." - Dr AR Dykes -

TC-130 to 144: LOLA and LR Testing as of 8:40pm

TC-140: LR CPT #1 2:36 pm - 3:00 pm
TC-141: LR CPT #2 3:01 pm - 3:11 pm
TC-142: LR CPT #3 3:12 pm - 3:19 pm
TC- 143: LR CPT #4 3:21 pm - 3:28 pm
TC-144: LR CPT #5 3:28 pm - 3:40 pm
TC - 131: LOLA CPT #9 3:44 pm - 4:01 pm
TC-132: LOLA CPT #5 Skipped this because it is very close to LOLA CPT #5 FSW
TC-133: LOLA CPT #5 FSW: 4:30pm - 5:09 pm
TC-134: LOLA CPT Cal: 5:10 pm- 6:02pm
TC-139: LOLA CPT #7: Started at 6:05 should end around 9pm



"...new torments and new tormented souls I see around me wherever I move, and howsoever I turn, and wherever I gaze." - Dante's Divine Comedy (third circle)

Full Speed Ahead

The LOLA Functional (TC-130) was completed at 12:34pm. And from there we moved into the LOLA CPT’s (slightly out of order from the suggest handout).
LOLA CPT #1 (TC-135) started at 12:44pm and was completed at 1:40pm.
LOLA CPT #2 (TC-136) started at 1:41pm and was completed at 1:54pm.
LOLA CPT #3 (TC-137) started at 1:55pm and was completed at 2:11pm.
LOLA CPT #4 (TC-138) started at 2:11pm and was completed at 2:35pm.
LR CPT #1 (TC-140) started at 2:36pm and is under way.

Mid Day Update on a Beautiful Sunday Afternoon

The Orbiter Trending (TC-82) which was started at 7:10am wrapped up at 8:45am.

In anticipation of instrument testing, the LEND instrument was then turned on and configured from 9:00 to 9:10am. This was immediately followed without delay by configuring the LOLA instrument to begin firing it’s laser.

After a cup of coffee and a little warm up time, we began the LEND Functional (TC-80) at 10:10am. This functional was completed at 11:40am followed by retrieval of the data for the instrument team.

Now it is time for the LOLA show. We have just started the LOLA Functional (TC-130) at 11:52am and this is expected to run for about an hour. Following this is then about 8 hours or so of LOLA and LR CPT’s.