10/11/19 - The gang, including Clark James and his wife, come to visit GSFC, the ROC, and my house!

Well this is quite a crew! Clark James, me, Mel, Bryce, James' wife Madeline, and Dan!

Look at the size of that space telescope, that's so funny

Discovery looking good!

Dan demonstrates how space happens

Soyuz, you so little

Checking out the old Delta behind the visitor's center

Yeah, space is pretty cool

James found this random kitchen knife in the parking lot for B29

The ROC was open and photos were allowed! This is our full-sized Landsat-7 mockup

Landsat-7! We're coming for you!

Big shiny spaceship

James is into it

Someone made a tiny Wilson out of a tennis ball

Mel and Dan are thinking about starting a band

Mel's all about ruining perfectly good photos by deploying The Crazy Eyes

Mmhmm..

This is the hexapod. It simulates the movements of Landsat-7 as our arm moves in for capture

The gold thing is Landsat-7 and the silver thing is a mockup of our payload, which sits on top of the main spacecraft bus. We use heavy industrial arms for practice and development

Another view of the hexapod

Back of the hexapod

See that boxy protrusion at the bottom-left? That's the cover over the fill and drain valve. That's what we need to cut off

Me with Landsat-7!

"It's right behind me, isn't it"

James and Madeline with Landsat-7

Don't clap at the phone!

James demonstrates the different stages of refueling

And then there's this thing

I think that instrument at the top-right is the main camera

Looking down at the rest of the ROC. We didn't go down there since another tour was going on

James and Bryce peek into the back of the SSDIF

James saw these stairs with some sort of sign saying not to go to the top.. so he immediately got on the bottom

Checking out the scary centrifuge

Checking out the scary vibe room

Dan's been on this tour a few times

James, Madeline, Bryce, Mel, and Dan with the SES

Look at the size of that subwoofer, that's so funny

James with the hydraulics-driven subwoofer

Mel and Madeline at the observation window

Hanging around, looking at the SSDIF

Back at my house.. it's time for fun and games!

Games and beer are fun

Dan loves games

Neil! Looking good!

Mel and Bryce are in the Hood Club

Yeahhhh, hood club for life

This was a mean picture I took and decided to keep for all eternity. We'll never forget, Mel!!

Ha, what's that face, James?

Hanging around the Codenames table

Mel's having fun

James thinks deep thoughts

The Clark James story

Bye Madeline and James! Thanks for visiting! Have a good road trip!