GreenHab Report – January 1st – Mars Desert Research Station

Crew 218 GreenHab Report 01-JAN-20

Crew GreenHab Officer: Dr. Jonathan R. Buzan and HSO Shefali Rana

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 23.5°C; 18%

12:15PM

Floor Unit: 20°C

Electronic: 27°C

humidity 16%

3:20PM

Floor Unit: 18°C

Electronic: 22°C

humidity 19%

6:30PM

Floor Unit: 15°C

Electronic: 19.1°C

humidity 20%

Max: 30.1; 20%

Min: 16.8°C; 16%

Hours of supplemental light: Light system 6:00PM-11:00AM.

Daily water usage for crops: 3.7Gal.

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A

Water in Blue Tank – ~84 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops:

6:30PM. 3.7 Gal.

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY:

Change to crops: None.

OTHER NOTES:

1st sprouts: N/A

Harvest: N/A

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

GreenHab Report – January 1st

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