Log for Sunday September 9
Yesterday they were testing the Jason 2 and found there was a short in the cable that goes between the submarine and the ship. They tested the wire and thought that the short was almost at the beginning of the cable. This resulted in the Jason 2 crew having to spool off 10 kilometers of cable. This took 10 hours. So we are not leaving today. With our day in port we ran a few last minute errands, had several important planning meetings and got to know each other better. The science crew is from all over the world and I will introduce you to a few of them each day.
Students from Kauai--- HELLO-- I spent the day securing all your foam cups in nets and putting them inside milk crates for going down on the Jason 2 when it is ready. I put the heads in dive bags for their journey. I appreciate all the hellos to the benthic animals. I'll watch for them on the video feed and see if they say hi back.
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Science Update by Garrett Apuzen-Ito
September 9, Sunday
Today the Woods Hole engineers tested JASON2 and found a short in the cable that goes between the submarine and the ship. Further testing indicated that the short was was located near the beginning of the cable. Since the cable is rolled around a large drum, getting to the beginning of the cable required the crew to spool off all 10 kilometers (about 6 miles) of the cable! At 20 meters per minute, this took about 10 hours just to get to the damaged portion of the cable. Once they did, they ran further tests and found even more damage to the cable. JASON's life line is badly damaged and this jeopardizes the main science objectives of the whole cruise. While a group on shore is searching for a solution, we decided to go out and do some mapping so as to make use of our precious ship time.
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