Greenhab Report – December 27th – Mars Desert Research Station

GreenHab Officer: Vladimir Zeltsman

Environmental Control: Around 17% Humidity

Average Temperatures: 78degrees

Hours of Supplemental Light: 7 hours

Daily Water Usage For Crops: 10 gallons

Daily water Usage For Research and/or Other Purposes: None

Water In Blue Tank: 172 Gallons

Times Of Watering For Crops: 10 am

Changes to Crops: Cut dead leaves of the cucumbers and zucchinis and sprayed the leaves with soapy water

Narrative: small spider mite infestation that I am taking care of. It seems that they are only on the cucumbers and zucchinis.

Harvest: 132g Cucumber, <1 g basil

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

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Greenhab Report – December 27th

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