Balloon Launch Update 02

This is an update to the balloon launch for tomorrow, August 9.  The launch location is south of Belen, still at 0900.  The students will leave West Mesa HS at 0630 for the launch site.  The launch is at 0900  and the balloon tracking is at Hotel Albuquerque, in the Southeast corner of the building.   We won’t be taking any STEM displays down until late Saturday and won’t be showing or discussing the displays until Sunday.  The students will be presenting at 0800 and you will be able to see the displays from 0800-noon.  It is now 6 PM (hour 11), Conor Neal, Jeromy Trujillo and Lilly Brooks are fitting the electronic components into the housing.  They have been working on this project since Monday.  Everyone is extremely impressed with their commitment and ability to see a difficult project like this to its conclusion.  Chuck Newman