Go, No-Go

On Tuesday night (date: 6/6/6) we prepared the ULDB test balloon for launch. The weather appeared to be perfect. The payload and balloon were laid out in flight position and all systems were 'go'. (For some photos I took during this launch attempt: click here.) But the light ground winds reversed and the launch attempt was cancelled at about 2:30am local time. One of the most difficult things to do in scientific ballooning is to carefully put 3500 pounds of plastic back in the box!
After the payload was brought back into the integration building, I ate a huge breakfast in the base cafeteria and went to sleep around 4am.
The next evening, we were going to try again but the rain continued late into the night. This means I will be staying here in Sweden a while longer.