The next Review on our journey is the Critical Design Review, or CDR for short, from 14th May to 17th May. There, the reviewers will critically review the proposed design. After the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) in February, this is the second and last of the two design reviews.
We have submitted the second version of the Student Experiment Documentation (SED) for the review and will give a 20-minute presentation on the changes we have made since the last review.
Once this review is approved (fingers crossed), we will receive the official go-ahead to begin manufacturing all parts. We will start with single-part testing before gradually integrating and building more complex sub-groups and sub-functions. Each will be tested until the Integration Progress Review (IPR), where the initial functionality will be assessed by the reviewers visiting our institute.