HYPERSEED: Hypervelocity reentries and deposition of organics in large meteors

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OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING ISSUES

Will be updated as the mission unfolds.

Cartoon (click for more details) floor plan

FLOORPLAN

2005-11-22 Latest floorplan drawing (draft) (contains window assignments, assignment of instrument setups, racks, stow boxes, seating arrangement)
2005-10-27 cartoons of rack layout (from 2002 Leonid MAC mission)
2005-10-04 cartoons of instrument installation hardware
- fixed window frame mount for ALLSKY
- fixed window frame mount for INT1 + PHOT
- fixed window frame mount for ASTRO
- fixed window frame mount for INT2
- swivel mount that supports cameras at their front and protects windows (THDTV, HFRS, IHFRI, SLIT, Echelle, NUV, NIRSPEC)

WINDOW LAYOUT

2005-11-04 Excell sheet with window layout

HARDWARE AND ENGINEERING DRAWINGS APPROVAL

2005-10-10 Hardware window frames recovered(UND)
2005-10-10 windows recovered (UND)
2005-11-18 Installation print for window frames /Leonid MAC (Wallops)
2005-11-18 Risk analysis of window frames / Leonid MAC (Wallops)
2005-11-18 Stress analysis of window frames / Leonid MAC (Wallops)
2005-11-18 Documented floorplan 2002 Leonid MAC (Wallops)
2005-11-18 Brackets for rack mounts recovered (UND)
2005-11-23 Engineering assembly drawing for window protection (Ames)
2005-12-13 Pressure check windows (UND)
2005-12-13 Engineering drawings of instrument installation hardware