unlike waiting in line at the dmv, this has developed astonishingly quickly.
Since late last week, our friends down in South Africa who helped us with the deployment of Challenger, came through for us once again getting our satellite phone on board the ship the RMS St Helena just before it left port for the island it is named after.
Over the weekend, the boat steamed onwards arriving on the island early today where the phone was passed on to Jim Herne. Jim was then aboard his vessel with a crew on their way out to the gliders latest position by 1pm EDT and plans on arriving at the location in the wee hours of the morning.
Then around 2am the fun really begins as the glider team will be awake on the phone with Jim and his crew as they get in the water and inspect Challenger, relaying their findings over the phone. After snapping a number of pictures we will give them instructions on how to clean it, followed by a number of test missions that will run through the night that by morning will give us an idea of whether we have Jim pull the glider on board or we continue our flight on to Ascension Island 1200 km to the North West
for those of you who are night owls, Tina will be updating the face book page in real time throughout the evening’s operations with the latest news of what is going on: https://www.facebook.com/rutgers.cool
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