Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Day 2.....Are You Ready to FLLYYY!!!!!!!!!

We are all set and ready to go!
In the morning we had to prove to the TRR (Test Readiness Review Commitee) about our flight experiments, why we are doing them and why they will be safe on the plane; G-Force 1.  This was a little nerve-racking.
Here we are talking to the TRR!
We all decided this made us more nervous than the flight itself!  But, we did very well and we PASSED!  They even passed ALL of our outreach items!  Some of which many of you helped me decide on....THANK YOU!


I decided to bring glitter and Skittles in a ziploc, Noah (our parachute man), and a plastic helicopter.
We even got a tweet about the review on the RGEFP's twitter page; https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/NASA_RGEFP/status/225255866268520448?photo=1

NOW we were ready to set up our experiments on the plane!  The plane is named G-Force 1.  It is very hot inside while setting up experiments....Alison and I were dying...but with help, everything is set up.  We will even have our own video camera to tape us on flight!  Here is the whole team!  (Except our team lead, Ashlee, who was taking the pic)
 This is us with the Utah State team.  They are doing an amazing experiment to study boiling dynamics in microgravity....it is very complex.  They have had experiments flown in Zero-G more than any other team!  Here is a shout out to them! https://www.facebook.com/pages/USU-Get-Away-Special-Team/127915967223993


Aaaaannnnnddd....Noooowwww.....the moment we have all been waiting for......
WE GET OUR FLIGHT SUITS!!!!!
These are the signs on the door that they are in:

HAHAHA!!

...and here I am in the AHmazing suit!!!

And here I am ready to fly in my suit!  Now....off to sleep so I am ready to go bright in early!  Maggie, Alison and I fly tomorrow at 9:30am.  WE WILL NOT FAIL!  'Cuase FAILURE is NOT an OPTION.
Go Zero-F Faculty!

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