PI Daily, July 2023

Starting January 1, 2020…
a new series of daily mission activity Tweets from Psyche Principal Investigator (PI) Lindy Elkins-Tanton.

#PI_Daily

The goal? To share an inside look at the chores, challenges, tasks, assignments, duties, and more taken on by a NASA mission PI!

Follow along on @MissionToPsyche or below.

These great interns are foundational for our team – they are doing critical work to run student collaborations programs, prepare guest services for launch, and so much more. Thanks you all! #PI_Daily https://t.co/3NbOAuArnH

— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) July 31, 2023

Today is a long day. 7 meetings down, 1 canceled, 4 to go! GO PSYCHE! #PI_Daily @MissionToPsyche

— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) July 25, 2023

The solar panels are tested with super-bright Sun-like illumination in a process the team calls "Hollywood Lights." So far so good! #73DaysToLaunchPeriodOpen #PI_Daily https://t.co/2IQJDrnO1R

— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) July 24, 2023

SCET = TRM + OWLT
ERT = SCET + OWLT
That is all.#PI_Daily

— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) July 20, 2023

Well, 77 days to launch period open now! #PI_Daily https://t.co/6MXlPPMxKO

— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) July 20, 2023

The most delicious test of all the tests @MissionToPsyche spacecraft is being put through is the POTATO test. Stands for "power on to accumulate time on" and is applied to many subsystems. #PI_Daily

— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) July 11, 2023

Here's a bit of the exciting road washing-out that made me cancel my flight to @NASAKennedy to see the @MissionToPsyche team. Got quite a bit worse after this and we hear that indeed some of the roads were closed. @jamestanton #PI_Daily #Massachusetts #flooding pic.twitter.com/gIWtcVzq2H

— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) July 10, 2023

I was headed down to @NASAKennedy and @AstrotechCorp see the @MissionToPsyche team and the s/c today, but the extreme flooding is washing out roads in New England, where I am, and driving to the airport was not possible! Will try again soon. ☹️🌧️ #PI_Daily

— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) July 10, 2023

I’ll be visiting this week! Will post. #PI_Daily @MissionToPsyche https://t.co/37lBdBlD15

— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) July 8, 2023