- "Boss, Dice, send Silo muffle muffle muffle."
- Where are the TAs?
- Why doesn't the MC have a passplan?
- Is 10:27 time critical?
- How come we feel the thruster firings when the TAs move around the building?
- I should have pants on.
- How come I don't see the thruster firings when I lean out the window?
The best part was realizing the shaking we were feeling in the building as the TAs moved around was the spacecraft compensating for CG shift. That just made the goofball TAs move around more and me yelling at them to stop wasting fuel!
Never got to the end of the maneuver support. I did walk around and find the rest area with some lady in there smoking. Backed out of there pretty quick since there were also unmade beds in there. I found the TA room which had a stage where their table was. They were not at their station because they were not getting data. Their laptop was connected to a camera which was pointed to another computer which was on its screensaver.
There are windows in my Keppra induced vivid dreams. Not in any of the buildings I ever worked spacecraft operations.
Never got to the end of the maneuver support. I did walk around and find the rest area with some lady in there smoking. Backed out of there pretty quick since there were also unmade beds in there. I found the TA room which had a stage where their table was. They were not at their station because they were not getting data. Their laptop was connected to a camera which was pointed to another computer which was on its screensaver.
There are windows in my Keppra induced vivid dreams. Not in any of the buildings I ever worked spacecraft operations.
The usual "nightmare" with frustration, not fear or terror. I seldom get those. Also nobody I recognize, that seldom happens either.
Glossary
Boss - New Hampshire satellite tracking station. We used to have to send command via voice to the tracking station. Pre-internet satellite ops.
Dice - Where I was in the Blue Cube in Sunnyvale. Google it.
TAs - Technical Advisors from the satellite manufacturer, supposedly the experts.
Passplan - a written list of satellite commands, verifications to perform an operation.
Silo-xxxx - a command in the command database transmitted to a satellite to perform a function.
MC - Mission Controller, executed the passplan and told the tracking station operator what commands to send and when.
CG - Satellite center of gravity. If that moves the satellite may need to compensate.
Thruster - small rocket motors to move the satellite and control its orientation.
Maneuver - firing thrusters to change the satellite orbit.
Keppra - an anti seizure drug. Mild, glad I don't take anything stronger.
