20 November

A couple articles about the experiment:

Scientists study the interaction of the solar wind and Earth's atmosphere from Norway

Rockets Study Solar Wind Interaction With Atmosphere

Cold this morning, -1 F.  The bedroom has no heat and you can always feel a slight breeze from the window.  It makes for nice sleeping - until it gets colder outside.  Hard to get out from under the duvet, that's for sure!  But the benefit of keeping the bedroom door closed at night is that it is toasty warm when you come out into the living room.

This must be where vampires come on vacation so that they can stay outside all the time.

Worked on the Camera Operator's Manual all morning, while it's fresh in my mind.  It's always a work in progress and once a launch is over with I never seem to find time to work on it. Time I have, right now.  Ventured out to the store and was just about blown over.  It takes a lot for me to need a hat or to put my hood up.  Today was one of those days.  Cold, high wind, blowing snow. Well, no wonder it felt cold, with that "strong breeze" it feels like -8 F. 

Tomorrow morning at 6:00, we'll head up to KHO to do our first practice.  It's good to get a feel for how long it takes you to get ready.  We'll probably try to do this every day from now on.  It will be good to get into a routine.

Lamar joins me up here, tomorrow afternoon.  He's been down at the rocket range and is finally done with loading the canisters.  Hopefully, Miguel will be able to come next week. I look forward to some company at the camera site.

Tonight sounds like a good Svalbar night.