Crew 218 Science Report 26-DEC-2019
Crew Science Officer: Dr. Jonathan R. Buzan
1. Decision Making in support of autonomy for crew EVAs:
Nothing to report.
2. Move the first steps towards autonomously generating reliable weather information in the area surrounding MDRS:
Nothing to report.
3. Subsurface structure on Mars:
Nothing to report.
4. Detecting radio signal strength:
Nothing to report.
5. EVA workload analysis:
Nothing to report.
6. EMU (Extravehicular Mobility Unit) ergonomic assessment:
Nothing to report.
7. Environmental Stresses over MDRS habitat and Crew Members and projection over Martian Terrain:
Discussed the progress of measuring environmental stressors inside the habitat with Crew Engineer Luz Maria Agudelo Urrego. These first couple days were calibrating 3 different instruments within her room. She plans to take nighttime measurements tonight. The goal is to develop a continuous dataset, and translate the temperature-humidity combinations into known human thermal comfort algorithms.
8. Messier and other space objects for outreach:
Nothing to report.
9. Reliability and maintenance:
Nothing to report.
10. Medical readings in preparation for future crew-wide project:
Nothing to report.
11. Collection of clay, shale, and hematite samples:
Nothing to report.
12. Media and outreach:
Nothing to report.
Glassware check out: None
A reminder to all crewmembers: There’s a $300 fine for using any glassware material without MDRS Mission support permission.