The development of a strong storm gives short notice to crews to head out and release a balloon but luckily they have one on hand to send up over Site Q3P-010 for the Field Research Team
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Maritime Weather Service has reports of a strong storm they want to investigate closer by launching a balloon into it by tomorrow before it dissipates. bit.ly/KerBalloonProg… can accommodate the short notice w/instrument swap of unused balloon from Ascension launch
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KB crews left earlier today for bit.ly/Site_Q3P-010. The short notice meant they had to hitch a ride aboard a merchant vessel set to sail by. Cheaper, but ultimately will take them longer to get back to KSC to perform the mission this one postponed
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balloon on this mission will just transmit data and not be recovered, however we have been reimbursed the cost of the reusable parts that will be lost, and sometimes sacrifices must be made in the pursuit of science
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KB crew made it to Sheltered Rock, even passing through the edge of the storm turned out to be a rough ride. They'll hop an airship back to KSC and prep to run their next mission by the end of the week
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bit.ly/OpSummary6-11-… has all the info you need to stay on top of all that is going on, with additional details that are too verbose for tweets during the week
