Launch soon?

This could be it!  The instrument is hanging from the crane and moving out to the runway.  You can track the payload on
http://www.nsbf.nasa.gov/antarctica/ice0506.htm

Wish us luck!  You can learn more about this instrument at
http://cosmicray.umd.edu/cream/cream.html

A comment from the last post returned a good website about Antarctic Research: www.scar.org. This is for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, not pirates or medical disasters. The site has a section on the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, which states that “it is in the interest of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue for ever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord.”  So, no nuclear waste dumping, no military actions (except in support of science).  The site also has good sections on the activities in Life Sciences, Geosciences, and Physical Sciences.  The latter has a subpage on Astronomy and Astrophysics.  All science pages have links to some featured science projects.

BTW – Please put your name when you leave an anonymous comment (if willing) so I know who to thank! (And know who’s reading this!)  I have no idea who left this web site for me, but I thank you.

There is some sort of moss growing tenaciously around here.  It is soft when you poke it.  I got a picture, though I don’t think it will be helpful in identification.  If anyone figures it out, let me know.