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Telescope takes test ride

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The Antarctic Sun Inside TRACER mission control, Patrick “JoJo” Boyle sits in the six-foot square office listening to music and watching computer monitors for incoming data and messages. Every now and then Boyle points to the monitor where a string of bright red pixels suddenly appear, indicating a recent high-energy cosmic ray event. The tone … Read more →

ANITA-LITE Antarctic Travel Log

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November 13, 2003 Well I’m off again for another trip to Antarctica to fly a balloon. 2 years ago I traveled down to participate in the flight of the TIGER payload on what turned out to be a record-setting 31.8 day flight. With a little luck we might break that record this year. This year … Read more →