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FEBRUARY
09-02-02 - Launch -73 days.We have received one huge piece of good news today
09-02-03 - Launch -72 days. First, a small correction to yesterday’s entry.
09-02-04 - Launch -71 days. It has been a long, hard day.
09-02-05 - Launch -70 days.Today was an even longer day than yesterday, but with a difference
09-02-06 - Launch -69 days. Life gets better and better
09-02-07 - Launch - 68 days. Just a little reality check today
09-02-08 - Launch - 67 days. Leaving this morning at 9am was a genuine pleasure
09-02-09 - Launch -66 days. This is definitely Herschel’s big week
09-02-10 - Launch -65 days. Today (almost) all of the news has been good.
09-02-12 - Launch -63 days. Today I took a day off
09-02-14 - Launch -61 days. Today has been a quiet day
09-02-15 - Launch -60 days. This has been another quiet day,
09-02-16 - Launch -59 days. Herschel will be less than 5 million seconds to launch.
09-02-17 - Launch -58 days. Today, a venerable ESA observatory took centre stage.
09-02-18 - Launch -57 days. This has been an interesting day
09-02-20 - Launch -55 days. Today has been a slightly odd day
09-02-21 - Launch -54 days. Last night I got home absolutely exhausted
09-02-22 - Launch -53 days. The calm before what, I fear, will be the storm
09-02-23 - Launch -52 days. We have had a remarkably quiet day
09-02-24 - Launch -51 days. Today, two examples of what happens in a launch
09-02-25 - Launch -50 days. This is turning out to be an extremely tense and tiring week
09-02-26 - Launch - 49 days. Today has ended up being a good day.
09-02-27 - Launch - 48 days. Yet another big step towards a successful launch