Marten: Week Six
The last week of my internship has passed. I had an amazing time with all the people that worked on the MinXSS project with me and the entire experience was very eye opening for me. I’m not going to give the day by day account this week because you have probably heard enough about what […]
Marten: Week Five
My time here is quickly coming to an end. Although six weeks seems like a very long time for me to be gone it is almost nothing in the scale of this project and honestly it astounds me. So many people have been working towards the completion of this project (Over 50 people including students […]
Marten: Week Four
Hello everyone reading my blog. It’s the end of week four meaning I am already two thirds of the way done with my internship. This seems crazy to almost be leaving because I’ve been here for an entire month but my time is more than half over. This week was actually pretty exciting. On Monday […]
Marten: Week Three
Last Weekend everyone from the team went on a group bike ride together and it was pretty awesome. My dad also came out to visit me and we went camping at Estes park and went hiking and swimming in alpine lakes. It’s incredible how little I have explored the front range considering how close I […]
Marten: Week Two
I spent my weekend with some friends who live in the area and we had an amazing time playing ultimate Frisbee and just visiting with each other. However I came back Sunday evening ready for the week ahead. On Monday Morning we went to our meeting (Tom brought muffins because he is awesome) […]
Marten: Week One
My name is Marten Kendall and my internship is in our very own state of Colorado in Boulder at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder. I will working on the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS). This is a very small sized satellite known as a cubesat. There […]