Telecon tomorrow (Oct. 3 in North America, Oct. 4 in Australia) at the regular time: 4:00 pm Eastern (1:00 pm Pacific, 10 am Hawaii, 22.00 European, 7 am Eastern Australia). One important thing that needs some discussion is the fact that I've been informed that we (unfortunately!) need to replace this ALTAIR Hypernews mailing system and forum software with another forum software package ASAP: our Hypernews server has been compromised by a Hypernews security vulnerability that has been exploited by spammers who use our server to intermittently send their rotten canned meat products worldwide. The Hypernews experts at SLAC and elsewhere know about this vulnerability, and it is impressively difficult to contain (without custom firewalls, etc, which the computer security experts at UVic say are not really feasible here). Note that Hypernews itself is no longer really a supported package (the last Hypernews software update was in 2012). The suggestion (from computing experts Charlotte Hee at SLAC [who manages Hypernews at SLAC] and Colin Leavitt-Brown here at UVic) is that we may perhaps want to switch to Discourse (https://www.discourse.org), and so we should investigate that as a possible replacement.
The other usual discussion items include: flight/telescope plans and tests; construction, drop testing, and other tests of the new gondolas/payloads; light sources and light source modelling; goniometric and pre- and post-flight calibration; propulsion work; nanosat bus and payload solid models; computing/website; grant applications; and recap of schedules.
Here's how to connect:
1) Open Skype on your computer (note that of course, you should first install Skype, http://www.skype.com , on your machine if you haven't already). 2) In the "Contacts" menu, add me ( jalbertuvic ) as a contact, if you haven't already. 3) Just wait for me to Skype-call you at the usual time (4 pm Eastern, 1 pm Pacific). 4) If there is any trouble, or if you don't get a Skype-call for some reason and would like to join, just send me an e-mail (jalbert@uvic.ca).
Here's the tentative agenda:
0) Hypernews replacement I) Flight & telescope plans, and upcoming tests II) Construction, drop tests, and other forms of tests of the new gondolas and payloads here in Victoria. III) Diffused light source, and its modelling, pre- and post-flight calibration, and goniometric calibrations IV) Nanosat solid models & Houman's thesis V) Computing/website, including new flight control and simulation progress. VI) Grant applications VII) AOB
Talk to you all tomorrow, thanks! justin
P.S. Since I had to get up at 4 am this morning I think I'll send the meeting minutes (+ work done over the last 2 weeks) e-mail tomorrow morning instead of this evening (apologies as usual for the delay!). Just FYI, a very large amount has been done over the past two weeks -- here are some photos (which I'll explain in the minutes):
http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2017/10/02/14.50-36466-ALTAIRopened.jpg http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2017/10/02/14.50-89841-ALTAIRTopAndInner.jpg http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2017/10/02/14.50-54830-ALTAIRUpperWiring.jpg http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2017/10/02/14.50-21791-ALTAIRFittedTop.jpg http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2017/10/02/14.50-58543-ALTAIRNewParts.jpg
