Fragments of the Fly Swatter
Revealed

When the magnet was opened during the turn-around, the interior of the central LN2 shield was inspected for fragments of the "shattered" flexible plastic coupling which broke during the forward angle run (thus disabling the fly-swatter actuator). These pictures show what was found. All photos are in jpeg format. They are also available from the G0 ftp site.

A quantity of dust and a few somewhat larger fragments (the size of a pencil erraser head) were found. The total volume amounted to about a tea-spoon full. This did not account for the entire coupling. Some fragments may have stayed with the target (and fallen off during transport?). Other fragments may have fallen into the lower octants. In this picture, a few fragments can be seen resting on the bottom of the LN2 shield.	528 kb
While attempting to clean out the dust using a mini shop vacuum cleaner, an attachment to the vacuum cleaner fell into the lower collimator. It can be seen in this picture through one of the openings in the LN2 shield. Access was gained to the octant and the attachment retrieved by lifting a corner of the LN2 "pie-piece".	72 kb