Crew 201 Sol Summary Report 16-APR-2019
Sol: 4
Summary Title: Quadrat by quadrat, we’re painting a picture of the “Martian” desert
Author’s name: Paul Sokoloff
Mission Status: Nominal.
Sol Activity Summary: (This morning we hosted a representative from the local Bureau of Land Management Office, therefore our team left for EVA in the early afternoon. We visited two sites east of the hab along the Cactus Road to survey vegetation using quadrats at two pre-determined sites – details for this sampling will be covered in the science report. At these sites we made additional plant and lichen collections for our biodiversity survey project. At the end of the day we proceeded to Hanksville to host an “Ask a Martian Anything” on Reddit.
Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow we plan on visiting three more sites to finish our quadrat surveys, and to process the plants collected today in the hab science dome.
Anomalies in work: No issues to report.
Weather: Good weather (though slightly cold and overcast) until we returned home from our EVA, and which point rain and hail started over us.
Crew Physical Status: Nominal.
EVA: We drove along Cactus Road east of the station and sampled two sites along the route for our quadrat surveys.
Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Photo Report, Science Report
Support Requested: None.