Reports until 18:21, Wednesday 27 July 2011
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jodi.fauver@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:21, Wednesday 27 July 2011 (1110)
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We started the morning making an initial assessment visit into the BSC-7 dome where we took pictures, figured out how to "grid" the dome for documentation purposes, and took some particle counts. The dome walls appear to be quite clean (nothing comes off the wall onto gloves) but the surface is rough enough to "cling" to a ConTec when one is used. The welds (seams and stitches) have a "sooty" residue that comes off on light contact with gloves. 

We asked John and Bubba to come out and take a look at ventilation and recommend a means of improving air flow. We'll remove a blank conflat tomorrow morning so that the dome has some internal circulation. 

After lunch, Rai "bunnied up" for visit into the chamber and the dome. Then, the crew completed the wipe down of the chamber floor and took the last of the FTIRs, which were sent off to JPL.