STS-115 shots

Some very nice shots of the most recent shuttle launch.



Link: http://www.pbase.com/rod_ostoski/sts115

Update

As of Friday I had submitted my thesis draft. I now await word of when the defence will take place, probably end of September. Meanwhile, I am alternating between studying for said defence (I want to have all the formulas on hand mentally, and need a refresher of the details of some previous attempts to do what I'm doing). I'm also working on how to fast-track results of my research by breaking it into "least publishable units". This means getting easy, preliminary results out the door ASAP with more advanced methods being implemented later as "improvements" on the methods. Since I'm mostly breaking new ground with this stuff anyway, this approach doesn't present a problem. The goals are:
- presentation for defence end of September with early results
- presentation to NRC in mid to late October with more advanced results
- complete simulations collecting data by mid-to end- November
- presentation to NRC in early to mid-February with advanced results
- thesis ready to defend by early March
- complete all degree requirements by April 1

This means working long hours for the winter and tying up multiple computers (one at NRC and two at Carleton), but means that I get done before the end of Winter semester, after which I can return to some sort of 9-to-5 routine.

In other news, today I called to have the landline cancelled, so as of the 20th, our home phone number will no longer work. We will still be getting Internet from Bell (the DSL works fine, despite the noisy phone line. )

[Edit: By thesis draft I meant thesis proposal.]