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As usual in tropical paradise, we work. Since we flew in so late, we start off the work day late too and we are at the plane side by 10:30 am. The day is going to be hot, and humidity is high too. Now, humidity is something typical for Rarotonga and in comparison Hawaii are … Read more

Today we are finally leaving Hawaii. I can’t believe I just said that, considering that we are in the island paradise! We have been delayed just one day but the tension of the project is high enough that people I talked to all say, it feels like we have been here a week. If only … Read more

Yesterday’s relief over the solution to our disrupted schedule did not last; we are delaying more, waiting for the pilot to arrive. This time the fun is provided by United Airlines, which delayed his flight out of Denver. So we are sitting in Kona, working on instruments and jumping up and down because we should … Read more

This was one hard work day. Vacationers would not appreciate it, and we don’t wish it upon anyone else. Although I would not trade it for anything else. We had to change three months worth of preparations for inter-hemispheric operations, spanning 52,000 km and 4 countries, all in one day. At the same time, two … Read more

When people who work in their offices hear that we flew to Hawaii for work they usually react as “Lucky dogs! I wish I could…”. But very few actually would think about it for a minute: when all vacationers are hanging out on the beach or leisurely stroll to the bar in early afternoon we … Read more