PI Daily, January 2022
By Lindy Elkins-Tanton 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.
Cascading budget ramifications: If there are anomalies in cruise, one side effect can be needing a longer cruise, which requires more money for mission management.#PI_Daily #MissionPlanningMinutiae @MissionToPsyche
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 28, 2022
Mission job title of the day: Anomaly Lead.#PI_Daily @MissionToPsyche
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 28, 2022
All-day review of @MissionToPsyche spacecraft vibration testing plans.
Starting w how many accelerometers on the shaker table, force sensors, response accelerometers, strain gauges, how many and where, take photos upon installation. LOTS more ahead! #PI_Daily pic.twitter.com/BjrFGH6l1V
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 25, 2022
#PI_Daily…waiting for permission to show you photos of what's happening with the s/c. I took two hours in the middle of the day and walked in the arboretum. So critical for mental health! It's intense, less than 7 months to launch for @MissionToPsyche. pic.twitter.com/GbmSQ8Kc1Y
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 21, 2022
Exciting days on @MissionToPsyche. The spacecraft is in the giant TVAC chamber, testing well, and some other test hardware is in vibe & shock.
Photo is from @II_ASU lab, our smallsat vibe and shock setup, not used for Psyche!#PI_Daily pic.twitter.com/zoRSSjf9Ry
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 19, 2022
Driving through Arcadia from one @MissionToPsyche meeting to another – had to pull over and snap these. Wild peacocks in the rain. #PI_Daily pic.twitter.com/jxwSP9kr3r
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 18, 2022
Worked on a @MissionToPsyche paper a bit this morning, and now will take the rest of today and tomorrow off of work (well, tomorrow will drive to @NASAJPL so maybe that doesn’t entirely count). Will spend some of the time ogling these beautiful Meyer lemons we grew. #PI_Daily pic.twitter.com/Cbwg9ejriQ
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 15, 2022
Great article about the engineering behind the @MissionToPsyche spacecraft, from Dan Goebel, our Chief Engineer, and @marstimrdad, our lead Project System Engineer. #PI_Daily https://t.co/lbC9GN2yW4
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 12, 2022
Always trying to be real about what is going on on #PI_Daily….
– Listening to discussion of Mars flyby activities
– Key daily check-in on camera builds
– 7 other @MissionToPsyche Super Tuesday meetingsFor no particular reason, a photo of me in the highbay pic.twitter.com/sJ3iXu36B2
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 11, 2022
Some encouragement for the team — Psyche Inspired was listed as a fan favorite by the NASA Museum & Informal Education Alliance. Thanks! #PI_Daily @MissionToPsyche https://t.co/0MXQg5xAXF
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 11, 2022
Imagine hundreds of ppl working to build a spacecraft, often working in two or three shifts/day, and then omicron…contact tracing, testing, N95 masks, keeping everyone as safe as we know how & also trying to keep our schedule. Whew! @MissionToPsyche #PI_Daily #SpaceDuringCOVID
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 6, 2022
Hey! @IntrplnetSarah reminds me that it's the five-year anniversary of the selection of @MissionToPsyche for flight! Here's what I wrote that day. #PI_Dailyhttps://t.co/8rDY2DGnzc
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 4, 2022
The @MissionToPsyche spacecraft is now in the giant thermal-vacuum chamber! Soon some critical testing will begin!#PI_Daily
— Lindy Elkins-Tanton (@ltelkins) January 3, 2022