At the launch site, that is.
I woke up this morning to the familiar "Vertical Rumble" of the ship being held in place with the Dynamic Positioning System. Our stern is into the wind and waves right now, which means every so often a big roller will come along, and pick up the stern, causing us to slap back down with a big WHAM! after it passes.
The two ships will be moving around for the next couple of days as we transfer people and gear back and forth using the link bridge and the helicopter, and then settle down into the final launch position about 24~36 hours prior to launch, depending on a lot of things I'm not privy to.
Hopefully we'll get this bird off the pad on time, and then head back home on December 4th.
So probably light posting until then.
Admiral Yamamoto infamously said "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a man with a rifle behind every blade of grass."
And so it should be, a nation of riflemen....
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Gloomy, Gritty, Grey Day
At 1700 local it's as described in the headline; 30*F, 88% RH, completely overcast, snowing like crazy (small flakes, but lots of them)...
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Yawn....just more Kabuki Theater, but interesting reading, nonetheless. Read All About It Here.....
You know, back in the day we "parked" with the pointy end toward the waves/wind. I guess things have changed. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's what we'll do when we get into final launch position.
ReplyDeleteFor now we just have to put up with the rough ride.
Travel safe on the trip home!
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