 The fast boat, MANTA |
 7-May 2007, SPLASH DOWN DAY - Bill and Alex confer |
 Aquanaut morning meeting before heading out for 12 days |
 NEEMO - NASA Undersea Research Team |
 Aquanaut Jose |
 Top Side Support Team getting excited! |
 Capt. Tim getting the Research Diver boat ready |
 Flight Surgeon, Joe loading out |
 A few minutes to enjoy before getting on the boat |
 BRL Videographer |
 A few last words from Jose to the NBL (Neutral Bouyancy Lab) divers |
 Boss standing by |
 All systems go from the mission director |
 All smiles from Joe |
 Maybe they'll just hang out a while |
 Are we gonna get going? |
 Commander Heidi unties the boat |
 Ensign Broderick tosses the line away |
 ...and they're off (almost) |
 nearly left behind Ross and Bill |
 Ron gets ready for some pics |
 Mary Sue also waiting for them to "fly by" |
 Alex opts for a higher vantage point |
 Here the come, back around for a "fly by" (really they just had to go to the end of the canal to turn the boat around) |
 The mission is GO! |
 The Research Diver has left the NURC |
 See ya in 12 days! |
 Yummy! |
 The NURC crew that makes it happen |
 Elyssa - UC Surgeons |
 Dewey - create your own caption contest! |
 Jim mans the Watch Desk |
 Scale model of Aquarius - real size 42' long, 12' diameter |
 More from the Watch Desk |
 Photography experts at work |
 DPC (Daily Planning Call) - bi-daily conference with the Aquanauts |
 Pam |
 The Cheif Nutritional Scientist suggested these for lunch |
 Yum! |
 NURC Sabina coming back from top side support |
 Coop and Marc confer on the mornings sucess |
 Tim filling the Nitrox |
 Mitch coming in for a team meeting |
 Rog and Alex at the MCC (Mission Control Center) |
 Monday afternoon - Splashdown Day - Team Meeting |
 Gorgeous sunset on a highly productive day |
 8-May 2007, Mission Day 2, RAVEN gets set up - Mitch at the MCC |
 The RAVEN is set up in Aquarius |
 The Notebook - Science is the second highest priority (safety being the first) |
 End of Mission Day 2: 8-May (not a lot of pictures, things got hectic) |
 9-May 2007 - Mission Day 3: Testing RAVEN from NURC |
 Photo documentation (obvious importance) |
 We really are working - debugging a problem |
 It's those damn cables - we need new structural covers for all the cables!!! |
 Dom swims by the viewport as Tim sets up for an educational outreach in Cin, OH |
 Holy Cow, look what's swimming outside! |
 Tom Low, SRI, on a 4 hour camio appearance for NEEMO12 |
 Calmer heads prevailing today |
 Tim and Heidi on a educational outreach |
 Everything is OK |
 Misplaced photo: Sunset on Mission Day 3 |
 Mary Sue - aka Rock Doc, in action |
 "This is Tim Broderick, I've got a RAVEN Surgical Robot I need tech support on, can you transfer me to the tech support line?" |
 "This is Diana, how may we provide you with excellent technical support this afternoon?" |
 "Well your damn robot is in a tangle" |
 Eyes on the problem is an essential debugging tool |
 FISH! |
 Missing parts? |
 Back in business - Museum Center Outreach |
 Rock it! |
 sudo ./start Brett_Freakout_Mode |
 Can't do anything with out support |
 "Can you hear me now???" |
 Product Shot: Mares Fins (if someone at Mares would like to donate some gear to me for photography, please email!!!) |
 Self Photo |
 The Great B52 Hawaiian Flying roaches are in the Keys! (4" wingspan) |
 "I'm fine working from here" - In Canada they have not seen beasts such as the B52 |
 //end Museum Center Demo - Success! |
 Oh right, Science. Okay, 5 minutes of science at the end of the day. |
 Phew, the pressure is off |