Monday, March 30, 2009

Test Readiness Review

Today we had our Test Readiness Review (TRR). What we had to do was tell about 20 NASA employees about our experiment and pretty much prove to them that our experiment was safe to fly. We were a little nervous and wanted to make sure we were prepared. Sam and I were the designated speakers for our experiment. We gave our little presentation then asked the committee if they had any questions. There was silence. Which, in this case, is a good thing. Because if they have a question, they know the answer and they know you have messed up in some way. So...we waited...then finally, the Electrical Engineer then asked us to tape something...then someone else asked if our cameras were going to be plugged in. We said no, unless the batteries start to run out. They said ok, then moved on. The next group talked to the committee for about 20 minutes then had to move on but they had to go back and talk to that team again...we were so grateful we knew our stuff and were well prepared.

Once we were approved we were allowed to load our experiment onto the plane.


The Carthage Team!


We were then issued our flight suits. Below is Joe and I in our sweet flight suits!


Erin and Joe

1 comment:

  1. following it all from here guys - and very proud of you!
    The Carthage outfits look GREAT!! Very cool photos from here!

    Good luck on the flights!

    Q

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