http://scini1.mlml.calstate.edu SCINI: Submersible Capable of under Ice Navigation and Imaging Fri, 29 May 2009 18:55:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Twas the night before redeployment, when all through the town The folks on the manifest were wandering around; The bags had been dragged and labeled and weighed In hopes that their owners wouldn’t get waylaid; 3:30am is the departure time, So I’ll fast-forward through this quaint little rhyme; We want to tell you before ... http://scini1.mlml.calstate.edu/2008/12/the-night-before-redeployment/ This morning we all came to work at the usual time. All except for Scott, who was several minutes late. The rule is if you are late then you have to wear one of the silly hats. Scott thought he was safe because the hats were already packed. However, ... http://scini1.mlml.calstate.edu/2008/12/are-we-leaving-yet/ 14 Dec 2008 Stacy Writing It is unbelievable how long it can take to pack everything up.  Or maybe it is unbelievable how short a time it takes to transfer our homey busy crowded workspace into a sterile echoingly empty space ready for the next science group to use.  Either way, we ... http://scini1.mlml.calstate.edu/2008/12/the-last-sunday/ Another day of packing. There were still a few items getting returned to various departments, but we spent a lot of the day playing with bubble wrap and tape. Well, ok, playing is probably not the right word, but we used a lot of it today. [caption id="attachment_1384" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Bubblewrap-o-rama"][/caption] At ... http://scini1.mlml.calstate.edu/2008/12/au-revoir-francois/ Today was the day that the ROV’s got all of the attention. SCINI was the star of a webcast and she let Stacy and Bob share the limelight. The webcast was put on by the Exploratorium which is in San Francisco and believes that a museum should be a learning ... http://scini1.mlml.calstate.edu/2008/12/scini-and-sara-take-center-stage/ 11 December 2008 Stacy writing With our last mission finished yesterday, we have 5 days to pack up all our stuff.  This may seem like a ridiculously long time, but we have to wash and clean and dry everything, return all the borrowed gear to the various workcenters, go through their lists ... http://scini1.mlml.calstate.edu/2008/12/the-packing-begins/ Posted by Bob. Our last day on the sea ice started with the normal hustle and bustle of getting all the cases loaded and packing the Pisten Bully (PB) with the “System” components necessary to penetrate the depths of McMurdo sound with a miniature robot. With the checklists completed and the ... http://scini1.mlml.calstate.edu/2008/12/our-last-check-out-of-the-year/ I turned on my iPod as we headed out of town and one of the first songs it played was “Go Speed Racer, Go”. Anyone who has driven a Pisten Bully would chuckle at the juxtaposition. These machines do not go fast. In town, on the dirt roads, we’re limited ... http://scini1.mlml.calstate.edu/2008/12/go-speed-racer-go/ I was at the Medical Center first thing this morning. In fact, they open at 7:30am and I was there before they unlocked the door. [caption id="attachment_1313" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="McMurdo General Hospital"][/caption] I have been getting progressively sicker the last several days and Stacy thought it was time that I saw ... http://scini1.mlml.calstate.edu/2008/12/heald-no-more/ 7 December 2008 Stacy Writing It’s Sunday again, the day off, and we are hosting an “Open House” for the community, to show them SCINI in action as well as some of the life that lives on the seafloor in their front yard.  It’s our chance to show them what they have ... http://scini1.mlml.calstate.edu/2008/12/1301/