Just had a tag-up with my NASA ITI (Increment Training Integrator) Alicia on the upcoming four weeks of training. Terry and I will be busy!
Now I still have half an hour to take care of some admin stuff at my desk. It’s a gorgeous view from the window, as you can see. The building far on the right, by the way, is Mission Control Center – Houston. For friends MCC-H. More formally: the Gene Kranz Mission Control Center. Remember “failure is not an option”?
Soon I’ll be heading to a class on Fluid Quick Disconnects (QDs) operations. QDs connect different segments of the fluid lines outside Station, in particular the highly toxic ammonia lines. I’ve worked with QDs in the pool before during EVA training, but the pool mockups are low-fidelity. Today we’ll spend some time working with the high-fidelity QDs.
In the afternoon I’ll have a class called retinal imaging, in which I will be taught some skills necessary to perform examination of another crew-member’s eyes. Better learn this well!
29/07/2013