This day was quite eventful. First, we reached Spain. We had some trouble with instruments. And, at the end of the day the mouse of the MOLA PC went mad.

But before I'll talk about todays trip I would like to introduce MOLAs official "Hello Kitty"-Notebook to you. At this point: special aknowledgements to T. Custer (not related with G. A. Custer) for sponsorship. ;-)
Only the MOST important events make it into the "Hello Kitty"-Notebook, like the crew's mood, or the high points of the day!



One high point was definitely when we reached the highest point of our tour, nearly 1500 m above sea level. Another one was that we reached Spain. On that note: I hate bumps - at least the ones on the street. And the streets in Spain are full of them.

So why's that? Unlike the MOLA-PC, which is collecting the data from most instruments and is equipped with the newest and hottest NERD-stuff like super-fast SSD's (Harddrives with flash memories instead of spinning disks), the acquisition computer of our mass-spec has just some regular hard drives. So, if we hit a bump, there's a good chance it crashes. And in fact, it did several times today. The problem is that most of the time some important files get corrupted, and it's a hell of an act to fix it, especially since it has to be fixed fast to prevent to much loss of data. Fortunately, streets got much better when we reached Madrid.

However, the search for a hotel was pretty easy today - we picked on close to the highway, went there, and got electricity for MOLA - so we stayed. No getting lost, no search for hours - pretty easy up to that point. But when we tried to shut every thing down, the mouse of our PC got mad, hopping around on the screen like crazy, clicking by itself, totally out of control. It took nearly 30 minutes to fix it and to finish MOLA for the day. But we managed, and after having a good and filling dinner we're now awaiting the challenges of tomorrow.



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