Some final thoughts as the mission approaches

Hello again to everyone keeping track of the mission of the Brain

I had a small break in the action so I thought I would pass on some final thoughts as the mission approaches:

We are at L-21 days and we are doing daily afternoon tagup meetings in bldg 240A with our payload manager Chris Maese. He wants to make sure we have not left any stone unturned and that all open issues are addressed prior to launch.

I have much respect for Chris M. He has a lot on his mind. We have one more big test to do with Columbia and that is called PAD IVT which electrically tests the connections between the Spacelab, the Orbiter throughout the PAD and back to the control rooms ( A big important test).

As you know Columbia is at the PAD. We are loading foodbars for the rodents for both the AEMS and RAHF cages and these will be shipped out on 3/31. I did some foodbar loading myself since we are short handed. I have always felt any Engineer should be ready to jump in and turn the screws when the team needs help.

In addition, I am presently closing out last minute paperwork and pushing out final shipments and preparing for any contingency operations at KSC.

I will fly out to KSC on 4/5/98 and return on 4/17 to support inflight monitoring from ARC.

Take care all,
We have a good crew
A good ship
A good team
GO NEUROLAB!!!!!

CB.