July 18th

Okay, we’re getting really close to the August test flight, everyone!

What’s Flying

Radiosonde

VLF Detector

Who’s Going

Hamza Ahmad

Erika Marrero

Daniel Canales

Rachel Gamblin

Darrell Anderson (ground support)

We still need to finish the MRR and the CDR. These need to be done in less than a week. Anyone not working on anything needs to obtain information and help put these together. If you have questions while you’re putting a slide together, ask them. Ask the whole experiment team, too; if someone is working and cannot answer, someone else may be able to. This is why we have the GroupMe chat.

We’ve made a lot of progress in the past two weeks and we’re really kicking it into high gear. But it needs to stay in high gear or else all of our hard work will be useless. If you cannot attend a meeting in person, please attend online. If you have currently filed for being unable to attend at all on a certain day please make sure to catch up with both the project management team and your own teams. If you are having issues and the project needs to take a backseat, even for two days, project management needs to know. Rachel and Daniel are happy to work with you if you’re putting serious effort into this project and something comes up. But they can’t work with you if they don’t know what’s going on. They need to be able to plan things and they can’t unless they know who’s on board.

Do your best to keep up with your Asana, it’s where I get these progress updates from. If they’re wrong, edit your team’s Asana and then email me. Those with no updates are ones that have not been edited in weeks, and I do not currently know their status.

Project Updates

VLF Detector: The team is currently assembling their prototype to put on the August 2^nd flight.

Gaseous Compounds: The team is currently compiling the radiosonde to send on the August 2^nd flight.

DC EF/Conductivity: The team is currently working on a circuit design, and plans to order it once it is finalized.

Spectroscopy: The team is currently discussing a project transfer. Details will be given once obtained.

Particle Detector: The team is currently attempting to order parts via Dr. Pinsky, and they are completing their calculations of the Simpsons rule with two pieces of software to ensure their results are accurate.

Astrobiology: The team is currently planning a full test in the lab on July 30^th, in order to be able to fly on the August launch.

TEC: (No update available)

Star Tracker: (No update available)