Spent all morning & up to about 2 PM working on my notes and additional questions for Peter Pfluke, AS, & JK.
Went up to Roi on the 3:55 and talked some more about the Versamat.
The shot went off, with RE occurring about 10 PM. It was most spectacular. First the tankage breaking up with a luminous cloud staying at this point for a minute or so, then the R/V, and finally the 2nd stage tankage trailing in. I tried to operate the Praktina but didn’t hold it open for the entire operation. It takes a wide-angle lens. Got back to Kwaj about midnight.
Think I’ll suggest to Don Dustin that there be an optics Dir. & party at Kwaj to produce an immediate report within a week, consolidating from all sources including the TTR, and that an increasing analytical effort be supported, that all RE work be put under a single Project Management separate from the Hardware Divisions.
1/2 overcast
Good wind
Woken up at 4 AM by my roommate Bruce Werhli going down to meet a C124.
Stayed in bed until 12:30 PM, doing paper work.
Also went over the Nikon F; it’s a marvelous camera, and I’m fortunate to be able to get it!