The instrument PI – Marsha Wolf – arrived in SA over the weekend & went up on Monday.  She got straight into the fray & we soon realised that some of the best parts of the integration process would take place during the SALT Board meeting that’s happening this week…  To maximise the torment, the team began installing the big optics today!  First of all – huge relief to find that the contents of the various crates were none the worse for wear after having made the trip from Cape Town to Sutherland on the back of a large bakkie! 😱

Huge progress getting all that done today & then they still got the dewar pumping down over night….

Meanwhile, down in Cape Town we had to bid farewell to SALT software stalwart Deneys Maartens, after 14 years of fantastic work.  Very sad to see you go Deneys, but we wish you everything of the best in your new adventures – please keep in touch!  We miss you already 😢