GreenHab Report – December 29th – Mars Desert Research Station

Crew 271 GreenHab Report 29-12-2022
GreenHab Officer: Alicyn Grete
Environmental control: heater
Average temperatures: 70 degrees F, about 20 degrees C
Hours of supplemental light: 4 hours
Daily water usage for crops: 11 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0 gallons
Water in Blue Tank 94 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 0930, 1730
Changes to crops: Harvested 13g beans, 30g microgreens
Narrative: Watered all the new plants in the morning, harvested beans and microgreens for salad at lunch, watered all plants in the afternoon
Harvest: 13g beans, 30g microgreens
Support/supplies needed: 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

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GreenHab Report – December 29th

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