Monthly Archives: February 2016

Shipping Trouble

Posted on February 28, 2016 by cliosleator

We keep getting delayed due to shipping, which is pretty frustrating. First, we had to wait to get the card cages sent from Berkeley. As soon as we got those last week, we thought there was nothing preventing us from getting … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funday

Posted on February 22, 2016 by cliosleator

On our first day here, some of us took a pact to take a day off every week: Sunday funday! (If the weather is bad one Sunday we can do a Monday funday instead – it still rhymes). Yesterday most … Continue reading →

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First week in Wanaka

Posted on February 21, 2016 by cliosleator

Not too much has happened this week. We’re still waiting for some of our card cages (the electronics that read out the detector signals) to get here from Berkeley. They got shipped separately from the rest of the instrument because … Continue reading →

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First day in Wanaka

Posted on February 16, 2016 by cliosleator

Alan, Alex, Brent, McBride and I arrived in Wanaka yesterday afternoon. This was basically the first thing we saw:

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COSI 2016!

Posted on February 16, 2016 by ckierans

Sorry to leave you all hanging for so long. It’s been a busy past year for COSI! And it’s about time that we caught you up on what we’ve been working on.

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COSI’14 Recovery (long overdue)

Posted on February 15, 2016 by ckierans

Balloon payloads are effectively reusable. You launch your instrument once, after the flight is terminated it lands with the assistance of a parachute, you go out and pick it up, take it back to the lab for repairs/upgrades, and then … Continue reading →

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