Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Thin Shell #4 starting its journey...

Today, the thin shell  number 4  (TS4) is leaving the Mirror Lab Sunnyside coating facility, where it was stored following its aluminization a couple of months ago.

Here are the main steps of its journey:
  • Jun 18: loading at Sunnyside and travel to the MGIO base camp in Safford
  • Jun 19: travel to the summit with UAPD escort (access road freshly graded). TS4 unpacked and checked, TS3 packed...
  • Jun 20: travel from the summit to Sunnyside with TS3

If you wonder how does TS4 look like, here are a couple of pictures...

G. Brusa looking at the freshly coated shell

 The back of the shell with its magnets...

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