Sol Summary – December 10th

MDRS Daily Summary Report for Sol 9

Summary Title:  Return of the Sim!

Mission Status:

Yesterday and today has been been primarily ‘out of sim’ due to the numerous HAB failures, including our evacuation last night due to a loss of power.  We spent the morning today working to repair the generator and appear to have gotten it in working order, though further work is necessary to ensure it’s long term successful operation (see Shannon’s email for details).  The solar array system is still misconfigured so power problems may yet pop up during the rest of our sim but we will take them as we go and troubleshoot, as a real martian crew would.

This afternoon we took the rovers out to drain the batteries per Mission Control request, once returned to the HAB we re-entered SIM at roughly 5pm.

It’s been a rough first week, but we are looking forward to getting back into sim and finishing out our mission successfully.

Sol Activity Summary:

1.      Out of SIM maintenance work

2.     General HAB cleaning / reports

Look Ahead Plan:

1. Matryoshka EVA Site #5
2. ‘Bricks’ communication experiment
3. Solar Observation
4. CPR Techniques
5. Exercise
6. General HAB Cleaning / Maintenance / Reports

Anomalies in work:

1.      HAB Leak from under EVA door continuing (per Mission Control leak is expected and has been present for months, presumed to be from Kitchen piping)

2.  Power System Misconfiguration ongoing

3.  2 EVA suit fans were non-functional during HAB check today, which may be related to power issues and resulting in them not being charged.  We have connected the suits to power and will assess tomorrow.  

Weather: Cold, but temps are above freezing in mid-day

Crew Physical Status: All crew in good physical health.

EVA: N/A

Reports to be filed:

Greenhab

Operations

EVA Request

Sol Summary

Support Requested:

1.      ATV Fuel

2.     Food Re-Supply

1. 1. 1 Box Raisin Bran
   2. 1 Box Powdered Milk
   3. 24 packs Instant Ramen
   4. 3 Boxes Pasta (any type)
   5. 2 Box Granola Bars
   6. 1 Box Saltine Cracker
   7. 1 Box Cracker (any type)
   8. 1 Box Hot Chocolate
   9. 1 Box Red Lobster Biscuits
   10. 1 Box Earl Grey Tea
   11. 1 Pack Chocolate Chips
   12. 1 Pack Tortillas
   13. 1 Pack Sour Cream\
   14. 1 Can SPAM
   15. 2 Can Chicken