For the obvious reasons, I invariably get too busy to blog exactly when things get interesting...
Compass Rose 225
Follow-up meetings… This time only Keith and myself.
The main purpose is to cover all off the plans and identify which groups at Dryden and Edwards need to concur them. Turns out to be quite a list, but John Kelly is very much on top of it.
We also get to drive out to the Compass Rose, just to get a feel for it. It is even more impressive close-up than it is in the aerial shots.
It is very windy. We’ve had a very difficult time with wind in past years, but most was due to interactions between the flat-belt we used and the wind. This year we’re using a round cross section steel cable, and the teams have also made their climbers sturdier. I hope this is not going to bite us again.
The last meeting of the day is with the Public Affairs office, which will be in charge of media coverage. This is an important meeting, since we’ve never really scoped out just how extensive of a coverage we even want, not to mention how much we’re able to produce.
The upshot is interesting – they will be able to support quite a rich production, plus the ability to stream live from various cameras and onto the web. Good Stuff. We’ll need to create a web site that takes full advantage of these capabilities.
Looking forward to tomorrow, we’ll head down and speak with the helicopter operator.