Mobilization in Port Canaveral,
FL
It was down to the wire getting all our systems to go after
the wear they suffered in transit. After Edgetech engineer Alan Neel detected
a short on the X-Star hydrophone cables, the hardworking Navy divers were
sent down again to regrease and reconnect the underwater connectors--presto,
the problem went away and X-Star started making beautiful (if somewhat monotonous)
images of the bottom of Port Canaveral harbor.
The Laser Line scanner took an all-nighter from Raytheon
engineers Rich Regan and Mark Wright before the glitch in that system was
eliminated. Turned out that a bit of old wiring had gotten pinched. Another
brief session with making up connectors had that system going great as well.
All hands are busy on NR-1 getting her reactor powered
up for the transit. At long last, NR-1 Gulf Tour is getting underway! |
