Peter and Ralph Zimmermann (the instrument engineers) and me, with our friend, R2-D2 (the dewar with
the liquid Nitrogen) softly hissing in the Jeep. The guys who loaned us
the dewar told us, "make sure
it keeps hissing, if it stops, run like hell!" (Oh, yeah, thanks, just
what I needed to hear. Whaddaya mean "make sure it keeps hissing"? Like
I can really do anything about it!) That morning I had asked my husband, Hans, if
there's anything special I needed to know about transporting this stuff.
He told me, "Nah, there's nothing to it, these containers are fool-proof,
you can't screw up." I asked him if was OK to put it on its side if it
didn't fit upright in the Jeep "DON'T DO THAT! It'll freeze the pressure
relief valves!" (Yikes! So much for fool-proof. So I'm supposed to be
born knowing not to tip over pressurized liquid Nitrogen dewars? Sheesh!)