Crew 306 Sol Summary Report 31-12-2024
Sol: 09
Summary Title: Martian New Year
Author’s name: Jesus Meza
Mission Status: Festive. All systems are nominal.
Sol Activity Summary:
The last morning of 2024 started early at 07:00. Elizabeth made M&M pancakes. At 08:30 the crew observed their stretching and meditation session. At 09:00 Rod began to prepare DRONE for EVA 10. An IMU sensor had been added to DRONE to help correct the Li-DAR scan data for tip-tilt and altitude changes. The code that interfaces the sensor with the data collection script was having issues compiling, which could not be fixed in time for EVA 10. The crew made the decision to abort EVA 10, instead using the time to debug the code and make sure DRONE is prepared for EVA 11. At 14:30 the crew had black bean burgers for lunch, then split up to do research task and/or relax for the holiday. Jesus worked in the science dome extracting iron from all the soil samples collected during all previous EVAs. So far, the samples collected at Kissing Cammel have the highest raw iron concentration at 0.0045% free iron by dry soil weight. Adriana continues to tend to her mushrooms, which are doing better than expected, growing healthy and happy. Rod worked on the DRONE code, and Ryan conducted VR cognitive studies on the crew. In the late afternoon another Chess game was played in the greenhab, this time between Elizabeth and Adriana who ended in a draw. Meanwhile Rod, Ryan, and Keegan have been playing a long game of Terraforming Mars. To celebrate the new year the crew will stay up late and have… brownies for dinner???
Look Ahead Plan:
Since EVA 10 was aborted due to technical issues, it will be rescheduled as EVA 11 on Sol 10. To re-cap, Keegan will lead Ryan and Rod south down cow-dung road to take DRONE scans around Barrainca Bute and White Rock Canyon. The rest of the team will stay at the HAB to perform research. Jesus continues to try to reproduce his solar cell results from Sol 7.
Anomalies in work: None.
Weather: Today was a cool day with a high temperature of 41 degrees F and clear skies. Winds were low today with an average of 2 mph and gust up to 8 mph.
Crew Physical Status: The crew is happy and well.
EVA:
EVA 10 was aborted due to technical issues with the drone software. No EVA was performed today. It will be re-requested as EVA 11 for Sol 11.
Reports to be filed:
Sol Summary, Journalist Report, Greenhab Report, Operations Report, Crew Photos, EVA Report, and EVA request.
Support Requested: None.