Hi, Ralph here, blogging from my home in beautiful Novelty, Ohio.   In about an hour I’ll go outside to look for Geminids.   My wife thinks one hit the house last night, there was a big thump on the roof,  but I missed it.

I wanted to let our loyal viewers know that as of right now, the recon team is supposed to be winging their way to their Klein Glacier landing site.  It’ll be a very long day for them so don’t be surprised if we don’t hear much from them for a day or two.  Here’s hoping they have great weather (quiet weather) so they can get acclimated to the cold and the altitude.

-rph,  13 Dec 2012

UPDATE  2 pm,  east coast US time,  Friday Dec 14;   The recon team sent one flight to Klein Glacier yesterday as noted;  and the second and final flight is scheduled for about 4 pm today.   Stay tuned…..