Seeking BBC Domesday system

[Mark Tapley]

At 11:21 -0500 6/8/05, bv wrote:
>With the "security" they have implemented in the US these days, I would
>strongly advise against taking any unique device on a flight there.
>There are too many stories of devices being tampered with, dismantled
>and ruined by trained monkeys.

For all of our critical space-flight hardware (power supplies, plasma 
instruments, etc.), we put them in well-padded containers and carry 
them onboard. We draft letters to airport security (and carry 
duplicates thereof) quoting the NASA contract number and giving 
contact phone numbers at the SwRI office. In many cases, neither 
X-rays nor opening the contamination bag is a good idea. With the 
appropriate groundwork, we have not had any problems (knock on wood) 
so far.

So it is *possible* to carry electronics on planes, under some circumstances.

The clever instrument teams make sure their containers don't fit in 
coach seats, so they have no choice but to go First Class. :-)
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					- Mark
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