An argument broke out at lunch today over how many days we’ve actually been here. Luckily we have a blog, so we just looked it up.
As the Guanaco noticed, Mario and Frederico have left us after more than pulling their weight. They took the early bus to La Serena.
![The coveted PI hug.](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mg_goodbye.jpg)
Now that the TSS is fixed, we moved on to mounting our windscreen. This is just a metal ring that encircles the bottom of the ASM to protect the shell from high wind. We also removed a set of shims from the mounting system.
![Huff and puff.](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/windscreen.jpg)
![Not a swingset.](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/armando_top.jpg)
![Windscreen Installed](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/windscreen2.jpg)
In the afternoon Laird spent some time perfecting the routing of cables to the W-Unit. This is a hard problem – the whole thing translates in 3 dimensions, and has to be able to turn upside down, and cables tugging on optics generally ruins nights.
![Easy boss. Go easy.](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/laird_cutting1.jpg)
![Nice and Neat.](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cables_routed.jpg)
![How many watts RMS?](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bs952_wl_ip_focused2.png)
Today’s quote: “You know Laird, you need to seriously think about hiring an exorcist.” (Armando Riccardi, commenting on Jared’s project long bad luck with electronics).
![Silliness.](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cuatro.jpg)
![Bring your skis next time.](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/snow_caps.jpg)