Specialist Bill spent two days north of KSC waiting for clear skies at sunset to release a balloon over Site WK71 to gather temperature data for Wobbly Rockets, unaware of potential health dangers
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Bill has set off w/3UTVs for a 95km trek to bit.ly/Site_WK71 while Bob heads down to Umbarg via access tunnel to board MSV Lymun
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relay airship coming on station to let us monitor Bill's progress while Lymun makes ready to set sail shortly for bit.ly/Site_T3KCSD
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Bill's team have arrived & are setting up for release. Contract wants ascent during sunset, which is coming up soon. Wx reported cloudy tho
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too late now for Bill's team to launch for the required data, still mostly cloudy so they are also hanging out & will try again @ 3rd sunset
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airship has relayed to us Bill & crew are standing down again, still holding out for clearer skies & will make one more attempt @ 4th sunset
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glad we got 1 release today. Bill's crew still No Go, will try again tomorrow @ 2nd sunset while Bob preps low-alt units for later this wk
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naught but clear blue sky over KSC right now. Bill's team reports the same for them, now that just has to hold until sunset in ~2 hours...
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scientists monitoring pollen have recorded an increase over past several days back to levels that caused health issues earlier this year
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kerbs are recommended to stay indoors & use filtration masks outside. KB team up north have been notified, unsure of levels in that area
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weather has held out 95km to the north & Bill just commed in to confirm release, encroaching clouds to the west should not affect ascent
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we have acquisition of signal from the KerBalloon, rising at ~5m/s nominal ascent rate passing through 6.3km on its way up to a max 24.9km
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great ascent all the way up, balloon has ruptured at <1kPa & will free fall back to Kerbin over the next 2min before chute deploy @ 1.5km
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since the payload is coming down at night, Bill & crew will head out the following day cycle to collect it, relay airship will track landing
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UTVs have tracked down the payload & are in the process of recovery, will then head back for KSC for arrival shortly after nightfall
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rolling back into KSC, UTVs will turnaround & prep for rollout again tomorrow to possibly assist w/low-alt launches. Release img earlier
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here is yesterday's release. Depending on which way the wind is blowing, UTVs may not be needed to recover balloons launched from sea
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medical checkups have given Bill & his crew all clean bills of health, pollen levels must have remained lower up to the north thankfully
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Weeeeeeekeeeennnddd!! Also month end! Everyone is excited for all the cool stuff Oct will bring. But first, a recap! bit.ly/OpsSummary9-25…
