Telecon tomorrow (Thursday) @ 5 pm Eastern time

Hi all!

Telecon tomorrow (Apr. 26 in North America, Apr. 27 in Australia) at the regular time: 5 pm Eastern (2 pm Pacific, noon Hawaii, 23.00 European, 7 am Eastern Australia). The past 2 weeks have been entirely consumed by making, giving, and grading all the final exams and projects for the 2 classes I taught this term -- the benefit for ALTAIR being just in the fact that those are now complete, and thus a whole lot more will be done over the next 2 weeks! Discussion items include: flight/telescope plans and tests; construction, drop testing, and other tests of the new gondolas/payloads; light sources and light source modelling; goniometric and pre- and post-flight calibration; propulsion work; nanosat bus and payload solid models; computing / website / the new TWiki forums and e-mails; grant applications; and recap of schedules.

Here's how to connect:

1) Open Skype on your computer (note that of course, you should first install Skype, http://www.skype.com, on your machine if you haven't already). 2) In the "Contacts" menu, add me ( jalbertuvic ) as a contact, if you haven't already. 3) Just wait for me to Skype-call you at the usual time (5 pm Eastern, 2 pm Pacific). 4) If there is any trouble, or if you don't get a Skype-call for some reason and would like to join, just send me an e-mail (jalbert@uvicNOSPAMPLEASE.ca).

Here's the tentative agenda:

I) Flight & telescope plans, and upcoming tests II) Construction, drop tests, and other forms of tests of the new gondolas and payloads here in Victoria III) Diffused light source, and its modelling, pre- and post-flight calibration, and goniometric calibrations IV) Solid modelling V) Computing/website, including new flight control and simulation progress. VI) Grant applications VII) AOB

Talk to you all tomorrow, thanks! justin

-- jalbert - 2018-04-25