Monday, January 30, 2012
Back for More
I'm heading back to Alaska in about a week and a half to participate in the launch of another sounding rocket: MICA (Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Alfven Resonator). This time I will be staying at the rocket range the entire time, instead of fleeing to some far-flung place during the actual launch. It seems this will not help me escape the nightmarish cold though, since Alaska is having its coldest January in over a decade. Fun for me.
So check back often, starting next week, and I will once again regale you with tales from the frozen north. Hopefully this will involve some games of Settlers, moose sightings, and snow tubing at the rocket range.
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We launched!
It happened all of a sudden and it was amazing. I didn't get to post my other half-written blog posts, but I'll do that later on. ...
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Or at least the top of the US... The airplane ride here on Monday was on a tiny little propeller plane, that could seat maybe 20 people. You... -
Yesterday and today have been especially trying. This isolation is a hard thing to bear. Today Hans and I drove into town just to do somethi... -
I have arrived in Alaska! Another US state to cross off my list (Jes, I may be beating you soon!). After almost 18 hours of being in airport...
Yay let the frozen adventures begin again!
ReplyDeleteOh, you get to stick around this time? Fun, fun. Do you get to do the frantic drive down to TM when you pick up the count? Iowa Steve pulled some pretty sweet handbrake slides on CHARM 2.
ReplyDeleteAnd who gets to be Camera-Bitch in the middle of nowhere, this time, Ian?
I get to stick around Fairbanks for the duration! And yes, I will probably get to be the crazy TM stunt driver. And, right again, Ian gets to be Camera Bitch up at Fort Yukon, where the temperatures are around -50 about now. Fun times all around!
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