Operations Report – March 16th

Operations Report 16-MAR-2020

SOL: n/a

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Notes on non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Sunday Generator

6 am SOC was 76

9 am SOC was 67

1 pm SOC was 100

7 pm was 100

Generator was not be run overnight.

Monday Generator

6 am SOC was 77

10 am SOC was 73

1 PM SOC was 100

7 pm SOC was 98

Generator will not be run overnight. I am returning it to the rental

place tomorrow.

Diesel Reading – 60%

Station Propane Reading – 69 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 5.5 gallons

Water (loft tank): 60 gallons

Water Meter: n/a units

Water (static tank) – 250 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – basically empty gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: yes. Filled and flushed. I will do this one more

time after I clean the bathroom

Perseverance rover used: no

Hours: 152.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: no

Hours: 104.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Spirit rover: no

Hours: 134.2

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no

Hours: 70.3

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: no

Hours: 139.6

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: Nothing to report

ATV’s Used: No

Reason for use: n/a

Oil Added? no

ATV Fuel Used: None

Hours the ATVs were Used today: 0

Notes on ATVs: Nothing to report.

HabCar used and why, where? Not used

CrewCar used and why, where? In Grand Junction. Cathy from the Rock

Shop is going with me to take the generator back tomorrow and she will

bring back the CrewCar.

General notes and comments: Tunnel tarps and tennis balls have been

removed from RAM to Hab.

Summary of internet: Nominal

Summary of suits and radios: All radios are unplugged.

Summary of Hab operations: Began removing food and cleaning the upper deck.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing new to report

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nothing to report

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Nothing at this

time.

Operations Report – March 15th

Operations Report 15-MAR-2020

SOL: n/a

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Notes on non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Saturday generator

Off at 6 am. At 7 pm, SOC was 99%. Generator was not run overnight.

Sunday Generator

6 am SOC was 76

9 am SOC was 67

1 pm SOC was 100

7 pm was 100

Generator will not be run overnight.

Diesel Reading – 60%

Station Propane Reading – 69 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 5.5 gallons

Water (loft tank): 40 gallons

Water Meter: n/a units

Water (static tank) – 300 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – not known

Water in GreenHab – basically empty gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: no

Perseverance rover used: no

Hours: 152.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: no

Hours: 104.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Spirit rover: no

Hours: 134.2

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no

Hours: 70.3

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: no

Hours: 139.6

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: Nothing to report

ATV’s Used: No

Reason for use: n/a

Oil Added? no

ATV Fuel Used: None

Hours the ATVs were Used today: 0

Notes on ATVs: Nothing to report.

HabCar used and why, where? To Hanksville to dump trash

CrewCar used and why, where? Not used, in GJ, we will need to go get it soon

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of internet: Nominal

Summary of suits and radios: All radios were removed from power,

turned off and batteries removed. Waiting to hear from Scott on what

I should do with the spacesuits.

Summary of Hab operations: Heat still off. Removed a bunch of things

that we left by crews. I also noticed that all of the plastic

mattress covered had been removed from the beds. I’m not sure when

that happened, but it means that those mattresses have not been

protected at all. The pillows are all really dirty and will be

removed.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Heater at 16 degrees. Door open

during the day.Watered all plants. Will be shutting down the GreenHab

in the next few days.

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nothing to report

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of any observatory issues: I think the power loss overnight

was due to observatory operations. I hadn’t considered that in my

experiment to see if we need to keep the rental generator.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Beware the Ides of March!

Operations Report – March 14th

Crew 223 Operations Report 14-MAR-2020

SOL: n/a

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Notes on non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Friday generator:

Off at 6:00am

On at 10:00pm SOC was 86 %

Saturday generator

Off at 6 am

At 7 pm, SOC was 99%

I do not plan to turn it on tonight

Diesel Reading – 60%

Station Propane Reading – 69 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 5.5 gallons

Water (loft tank): 40 gallons

Water Meter: n/a units

Water (static tank) – 300 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – not known

Water in GreenHab – did not check gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: yes

Perseverance rover used: no

Hours: 152.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: no

Hours: 104.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Spirit rover: no

Hours: 134.2

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no

Hours: 70.3

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: no

Hours: 139.6

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: Nothing to report

ATV’s Used: No

Reason for use: n/a

Oil Added? no

ATV Fuel Used: None

Hours the ATVs were Used today: 0

Notes on ATVs: Nothing to report.

HabCar used and why, where? Not used.

CrewCar used and why, where? The CrewCar is in Grand Junction and the

crew did not use it at all. They used the director’s truck to go to

Grand Junction this morning and pick up two rental vehicles to drive

to LAX.

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of internet: All ok but slow due to high winds

Summary of suits and radios: nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations: I turned the heat off at the Hab to conserve power.

Summary of GreenHab operations: I turned the heater down to 16 degrees

to conserve power. I also unplugged the supplemental lights as they

are really not needed anymore and also to conserve power.

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Technician came to see what was

needed to complete installation of dual split unit. This will be

completed next weekend.

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Happy Pi Day!

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