Greenhab Report – January 29th – Mars Desert Research Station

Crew 204 Green Hab Report – 29-JAN-2019

GreenHab Officer: Pranit Patil

Environmental control: Daytime door open 10am to 5pm / night time door closed 5pm to 10am

Heating and cooling with ambient air (5 hours)

Ambient with the door open

Heating: Both heating and cooling

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low- 18 °C
High- 25.4°C

Hours of supplemental light: Not used

Daily water usage for crops: 9 gallons
Water in Blue Tank— ~ 290 gallons, almost full

Time(s) of watering for crops:
1) 9:40 am
2) 11:30 am
3) 17:30 pm

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: It was a part of training for crew 204

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None

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

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Greenhab Report – January 29th

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