We are coming into the final stretch of our preparations for launching the balloon carrying our instrument to 132,000 ft. We will hang test (practice launch procedure) tomorrow, and then come back again at 2.30a to start the launch procedures Tues.
If our systems all work during the hang test and the weather and anticyclone (circumpolar winds) allows us to launch Tues, it'll be another CREAM CSBF record: the earliest launch ever, by 4 days. (The first record was for CREAM I having the longest flight at 42 days.) You can check out the pathfinder balloon's track; it was launched today.
Exciting hard work.
Luckily, there was much fun had previously, including kite skate-skiing yesterday!
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