This week they out did themselves. More than twenty members squeezed into a much too small workshop. Ten balloon fill insert tube molded from carbon fiber. Second balloon frame module complete. Secondary Away 5 camera housing made.
Guide vanes for a new launch platform cutout.
More work on the ML booster fin mold. New rocket airframe coupler areas sealed and sanded. Countless more tasks. Close-up detail of corner join component of the carbon balloon frame. The maker of the Basic Stamp line of computers and JPA sponsor, Parallax, Inc. has donated funds to purchase the balloons required to do the upcomming spaceflight.