Comments on: LAT integrated into the spacecraft! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Clive http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-25800 Clive Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:34:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/#comment-25800 Man, that looks just like a giant version of the BAT on the SWIFT spacecraft... I did a gig at goddard a while ago and worked on that bird. So is glast like swift++? Man, that looks just like a giant version of the BAT on the SWIFT spacecraft… I did a gig at goddard a while ago and worked on that bird. So is glast like swift++?

]]> By: Amara Graps http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-25792 Amara Graps Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:03:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/#comment-25792 Dear Phil, Congrats on the GLAST integration. The Dawn mission achieved full functional integration last September. Everyone is in a kind of frenzy testing testing testing. All looks good so far on the way to a June 20 launch. BTW, I try to keep current the Dawn mission Wikipedia pages (when I remember and have time). Consider the same media (Wikipedia) for GLAST, Phil, if you haven't thought of it before. Dear Phil, Congrats on the GLAST integration. The Dawn mission achieved full functional integration last September. Everyone is in a kind of frenzy testing testing testing. All looks good so far on the way to a June 20 launch. BTW, I try to keep current the Dawn mission Wikipedia pages (when I remember and have time). Consider the same media (Wikipedia) for GLAST, Phil, if you haven’t thought of it before.

]]> By: Harold http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-25799 Harold Sun, 17 Dec 2006 02:36:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/#comment-25799 What's with the giant ice cube on top? And are all of those legs like pogo sticks? It looks like it could hop around the room, dispensing ice and mixed drinks while detecting gamma rays. What’s with the giant ice cube on top?

And are all of those legs like pogo sticks? It looks like it could hop around the room, dispensing ice and mixed drinks while detecting gamma rays.

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-25798 Gary Ansorge Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:43:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/#comment-25798 Ah, yes, duct tape, with a light side and a dark side, like the Force, it holds the universe together or, as with musicians instruments, it keeps the guitar from falling apart,,, Here's hoping the GLAST finds some interesting,,,anomolies. AH, the chance to learn something new,,,, GAry 7 Ah, yes, duct tape, with a light side and a dark side, like the Force, it holds the universe together or, as with musicians instruments, it keeps the guitar from falling apart,,,
Here’s hoping the GLAST finds some interesting,,,anomolies. AH, the chance to learn something new,,,,

GAry 7

]]> By: Laguna2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-25797 Laguna2 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:31:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/#comment-25797 $100 per foot? So thats why satellites are so expensive. Its the duct tape. ;-) $100 per foot?
So thats why satellites are so expensive.
Its the duct tape. ;-)

]]> By: JD http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-25796 JD Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:39:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/#comment-25796 I don't wanna get too technical here, but there are a sh*tload of doohickeys on that kajigger there. I don’t wanna get too technical here, but there are a sh*tload of doohickeys on that kajigger there.

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-25795 The Bad Astronomer Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:14:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/#comment-25795 Oops! Fixed. As for the tape, it's a nonconductive material, and crinkly like cellophane. It's also probably $100 per linear foot. :-) Oops! Fixed.

As for the tape, it’s a nonconductive material, and crinkly like cellophane. It’s also probably $100 per linear foot. :-)

]]> By: AstroGeek http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-25794 AstroGeek Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:35:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/#comment-25794 What is that, yellow duct tape? ;-) What is that, yellow duct tape? ;-)

]]> By: ciderman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-25793 ciderman Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:25:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/lat-integrated-into-the-spacecraft/#comment-25793 There's a quotation mark in the voting page link preventing the page loading.. There’s a quotation mark in the voting page link preventing the page loading..

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