Operations Report – March 30th – Mars Desert Research Station

Crew 191 Operations Report30/03/2018

SOL:6

Name of person filing report: Wataru Okamoto

Non-nominal systems: Solar System

Notes on non-nominal systems: Solar system seems unusual from yesterday. P05 error code are there.

Generator (hours run):hours

Solar SOC 99% (Before generator is run at night)

Diesel 100%

Propane 70psi.

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) ? 6gallons.

Water (trailer) 60%

Water (static) 70%

Trailer to Static Pump used ? no

Water (loft) Static to Loft Pump used yes

Water Meter: 132861.4

Toilet tank emptied: yes

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 300, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3) –

Oil Added –

ATV Fuel Used: N/A

Hours the ATVs were Used today: N/A

Notes on ATVs: N/A

Deimos rover used: –

Hours:116.9

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: 100%

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Spirit rover used: –

Hours:27.9h

Beginning charge:100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: 100%

Opportunity rover used: Murakami, Okamoto

While driving became overheat twice.

Hours: 28.4h

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 86%

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: Venza, Kawamura

Hours:23.7h

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 98%

Currently charging: yes

HabCar used and why, where? –

General notes and comments: Solar system seems unusual from yesterday. We had precise monitoring and also discussion about this problem with Dr. Shannon this morning. The findings of the monitoring are that solar charger system looks fine, but the number of monitor telling us wrong result for some a while. For example, 11:11 SOC has changes from 63% to 100% suddenly. We will keep monitoring. Attached is the solar battery parameter.

Summary of internet: Under control

Summary of suits and radios: No problem

Summary of Hab operations: Shower heater doesn’t work.

Summary of GreenHab operations: No problem

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Only use checking the solar system.

Summary of RAMM operations: N/A

Summary of health and safety issues: No problem

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

Opportunity rover became overheat twice while driving. At that same time curiousity was fine. Is there any advice?

About The MDRS

The Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert was established by the Mars Society in 2001 to better educate researchers, students and the general public about how humans can survive on the Red Planet. It is the second Mars analogue habitat after the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station was established in 2000.

Over 200 crews of six-person teams have lived in 1-2 week field visits at MDRS to simulate life on the Martian surface. Researchers and students alike have explored the Mars-like terrain in the area surrounding the station in full “spacesuits”, maintained the station’s systems, grown plants in the GreenHab to support themselves and even recycled their waste water.

Our activities at MDRS are not only about informing the public, but also conducting real research to bring humanity that much closer to the reality of human exploration on the planet Mars.

Annual field seasons at MDRS run approx. October through May. Anybody can apply to be on a crew, and we also need volunteers to help with the project.

Management Team

Mission Support

Operations Report – March 30th

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