Crew IKEA Sol Summary 16 Feb 2018
SOL 6:
Summary Title: Finally… Adventure Time
Author’s name: Atila Meszaros
Mission Status: All nominal
Sol Activity Summary:
I feel like I haven’t been in the Hab all day. The weather looked friendly and allowed us to make our first day of expedition. We spent most of the morning doing the growth mediums for our extremophiles, defining the microbiological points of interest and planning the activities for the arrival of the next crew.
The contractor already has almost the entire ladder of the lower deck made. Tomorrow they will come to finish it. It looks amazing. Tomorrow we will be sending some pics! While the guys worked, we managed to turn on Shannon’s car, apparently, it will not need a new battery. However, we shouldn’t take your eyes off and go carefully in case this event repeats. We picked up a package that contains equipment to record some footage at MDRS and we filled the aquaponics with water to have it almost ready by the time the next crew arrives. By the way, the Green Hab plants are looking amazing.
On our first day of adventure, we entered the Valley of the Stars in search of gypsum that may contain halophiles. Looking in any direction was simply spectacular. It is one of the most majestic places I’ve ever seen. We collected 5 different samples of vein, soil, and eruption. In a few days, we will be sending a Science Report with the findings of our first search.
It has been a very hectic day. But I am happy with everything we have achieved today. Now, I have to clean the Hab for the next crew and move to RAM (I’m going to be the first person to live there, I’m kind of excited).
Thanks for joining us tonight, Veronica!
How are you doing?
Atila
Look Ahead Plan: Recieve Supaero crew. I’m looking forward to meeting them!
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Temperature: °6C
Crew Physical Status: Healthy
Reports to be filed:
Sol Summary
Operations Report
Science/Intern Report
Support Requested: None