Crew #108 Log Book for December 04, 2011 Photos of the dayCommander's ReportDate and time: 4 December, 5pm Written by : Charlotte Poupon, Station Leader Yesterday night, after the MS team left the Hab, we officially declared the beginning of our simulation. It was established than even if some cellphones find network we will not use them. But, for safety reason we will take them on EVA to be located by GPS if needed. This morning, at 9 am, the Executive Officer, hoisted the Martian Flag up to the Hab to welcome our first day of simulation. Then we had our first daily meeting to settle the crew time table. FOOD BACKGROUND AND STUDY Crew tidied the kitchen and organized food for the whole rotation. Usha will be the "chef", responsible of the menu. Every day a new couple of crew member will assume the responsibility of cooking. The safety Officer, gather the weights of the whole crew as indicated in the Food study Framework. Each crew member was assigned a code (from 108-A to 108-F) to preserve privacy in this study. We had a dehydrated soup for lunch, all together, in a good atmosphere. Tonight we had the initial meal : rice, chili, broccoli, cooked brownies. EVA Two EVAs of 3 people each was organized, 3 others assuming the HabCom. Due to the very poor quality of transmissions, we will try to established a hand-signal language to guarantee a better communication between crew members on EVA. We'll try to make a document as reference for futures EVA & rotations. The Executive Officer will collect ours tracks during EVA. GENERAL MOOD Very Good. WEATHER Cloudy on the morning, then sunny. Dry. Engineering ReportDate 4th December 2011 Journalist ReportDate and time: 4 december 2011 Written by : Charlotte Poupon Text: Today was our first day on simulation. Our first SOL at the Hab. After the traditional morning meeting, we organized the food for the whole rotation. On the afternoon, we made 2 short EVAs for everybody to practice ATV driving. The first EVA found cyanobacteria and salt deposits. The second EVA went in direction of Phobos Pick and found a nice spot with beautiful white rocks in a middle of a pink sand river. Once in the Hab, two crew members started to cook the initial meal of the food study, when suddenly Marty-the-Mouse poked a single red eye out of the cupboard… The cooking crew members jumped on chairs, but bravely went on cooking. After chasing Marty-the-Mouse for a while, we trapped him downstairs under a plastic box. The crew decided to let him live and plan to release him tomorrow during a mousitarian EVA as a sign of peace towards the Martian Mouse People. Even though the whole crew deeply respects the mouse people, none of the crew members were willing to share a piece of the delicious brownie made for dessert. EVA 1 ReportDate and time: December 4th, 2011 Crew Members: LeClair (Sortie Lead, Geologist), Lingappa (Biologist), Framis (Journalist) External Operations: Airlock seal broken at 1228, Re-pressurization complete at 1410. Primary Objectives: 1) Equipment and New Technology Testing 2) Crew – Systems Familiarizations Secondary Objectives 1) Test Comm Range, Strength, Quality and Reliability 2) Initial Scientific Inquiry
Traverse 1: Turtle Hills
Traverse 2: Collapsing Wall
Traverse 3: Bob’s Rock Garden, 200m WSW of Oyster Turn
Results:
-Transportation Units and Environmental Suits nominal -External Radio Communications highly unreliable -Possible Cyanobacteria found EVA 2 ReportDate and time: 4 December 2011 Written by: Charlotte Poupon, Crew 108, Commander Time: 03.05 pm to 04.25 pm Crew Members: Charlotte, Ashley and Mike Site Location: Transit Mode: ATV Objectives: ATV familiarization Results: Beside the navigation we were quite surprised by the very poor quality of communication between either crew members on EVA or between EVA and the Hab. This can be a very big safety problem. We've decided to try to establish a non-verbal communication between crew member on EVA and basic guideline for navigation. This will be document by the end of our rotation. Lessons Learned: TBA as above |
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Crew #108 Log Book for December 04, 2011 |