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Jan. 30th, 2006
(groan)
Not a good start to the week... I decided to duck out quickly at lunch to a McDonald's nearby (that accepted plastic). Fine... except that upon attempting to set the food back down at my desk, I knocked the diet Coke over onto my (open) laptop. Having been through this already last summer in a tent in the Arctic (coffee, then), I hurriedly flipped it over, shook it and wiped the moisture off while holding it upside down. Then let it dry inverted for a couple of hours. It is now working again, except for the Bluetooth card. Whew.
Otherwise... we have two weeks to throw together a $50M proposal for a secondary-payload spacecraft that would piggyback on the LRO lunar orbiter launch, in 2+ years. Practically next month, as space missions go. After a two-hour telecon this afternoon, I'm responsible for mission operations trades and writing that area. Better than spilling diet Coke, certainly... will need to specify Coke/coffee-proof operations consoles...
Not a good start to the week... I decided to duck out quickly at lunch to a McDonald's nearby (that accepted plastic). Fine... except that upon attempting to set the food back down at my desk, I knocked the diet Coke over onto my (open) laptop. Having been through this already last summer in a tent in the Arctic (coffee, then), I hurriedly flipped it over, shook it and wiped the moisture off while holding it upside down. Then let it dry inverted for a couple of hours. It is now working again, except for the Bluetooth card. Whew.
Otherwise... we have two weeks to throw together a $50M proposal for a secondary-payload spacecraft that would piggyback on the LRO lunar orbiter launch, in 2+ years. Practically next month, as space missions go. After a two-hour telecon this afternoon, I'm responsible for mission operations trades and writing that area. Better than spilling diet Coke, certainly... will need to specify Coke/coffee-proof operations consoles...