Supplemental Operations Report March 20th

Supplemental Operations Report 20 Mar 2022

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: Outpost water supply

Action taken for non-nominal systems: We drained the water tank and refilled it halfway, then shocked it. Water still suspect, so continuing to fill the tank and shocked it with a half-gallon of bleach this time. We will wait three days, then drain and mop out the bottom, then refill the tank. At that time, we will refill and shock the trailer tanks, then empty and refill them. The treatment will be complete and the water should be good again. In the meantime, we will use water pumped directly into the trailers from the HabCar and drink bottled water. An addition action required from now on of the water hoses is that they be cleaned with bleach wipes each time they are used.

Generator: Still being manually run at night.

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Charge controllers off at night.

Solar— Nominal

Notes on power system: Nothing to report

Propane Reading, station tank – not noted % (It’s windy and I took a shower so I’m not going out to read them)

Propane Reading, director tank— not noted %

Propane Reading, intern tank— not noted %

Propane Reading, generator— not noted %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 1 gallon

Water (Outpost tank) – 450 gallons of non-usable water

Sojourner rover used: yes, currently being used by the crew, who promised to treat her nicely.

Hours: not noted

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: Still using Percy as well as Soji.

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 300): Honda and the 350 that runs (I always forget to note which one it is)

Reason for use: maintenance and to be used by the crew

Oil Added? Yes to 350, which was basically empty. The Honda levels are fine, but the oil is very dirty.

ATV Fuel Used: 2 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used: 1 hour

Notes on ATVs: Turned over today for use by the crew.

HabCar used and why, where? Yes, to town for garbage and water runs

CrewCar used and why, where? No, it is parked in Grand Junction

Luna used and why, where? Yes, to town and for school field trips

Campus wide inspection, if action taken, what and why? The conduit between the Hab and Outpost was smashed right were the opening is at its most narrow. About a 2-foot section has been destroyed. I will work on fixing it this week. The opening will be closed to vehicles.

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of general operations: Crew arrived on Friday night to set up a 26 foot dome for their class of 28.

Summary of internet: I’m going to switch the Hab internet to Starlink because it works well and has no data limit. The Hab HughesNet has still not been serviced but is still working. The astronomy internet has been restored and is nominal. The Outpost internet is nominal, but I am currently using Starlink.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of Outpost operations: James left today so intern trailer is empty. We moved the double mattress to the bedroom and both bunks currently have the new twin beds. Water issues continue.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Ogden Preparatory Academy, who was here the second half of the week, cleaned the GreenHab as a service project, floors and surfaces were scrubbed and the 60% shade cloth was added to protect things from sun damage over the summer. The heat was accidently turned on during their work and I discovered it at 5 am Saturday morning. The water tank was emptied for the season, and the drain was cleaned with the remaining water from the tank.

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nothing to report

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: We were able to manually open the robotic observatory dome roof. Once inside we were able to readjust it to open and close correctly, reactivated the internet, installed the new computer mount and get things operational for Peter to test. Testing showed that one cord is wrapped too tightly around the mount and will need to be adjusted. This will be done as soon as the wind lets us.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

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Crew 264 Operations Report 20-03-2022

SOL: 1

Name of person filing report: Joel Vaughan

Non-nominal systems: None

Notes on non-nominal systems: None

ROVERS

Spirit rover used:

Hours: 159

Beginning charge: Did not note- will note next time

Ending charge: 72

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used:

Hours: 88

Beginning charge: Did not note- will note next time

Ending charge: 65

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used:

Hours: 174

Beginning charge: Did not note- will note next time

Ending charge: 63

Currently charging: Yes

Perseverance rover used:

Hours: 230

Beginning charge: Did not note- will note next time

Ending charge: 68

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: None

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 40 gallons (26 people)

Water (static tank): ~400 gallons

Water (loft tank): 52 gallons

Water Meter: 156636.2 units

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): Off

Static tank heater (On or off): Off

Toilet tank emptied: No

Summary of internet: Working well

Summary of suits and radios: All working well

Summary of GreenHab operations: N/A per

WATER USE: gallons

Heater: On or Off

Supplemental light: On or Off

Harvest:

Summary of ScienceDome operations: N/A

Dual split: Heat or AC, On or Off

Summary of RAM operations: N/A

Summary of any observatory issues: N/A

Summary of health and safety issues: See HSO Report. No other active issues.

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: None

Operations Report – March 21st

Crew 264 Operations Report 21-03-2022

SOL: 2

Name of person filing report: Joel Vaughn

Non-nominal systems: None

Notes on non-nominal systems: None

ROVERS

Spirit rover used:
Hours: 159
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 75
Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used:
Hours: 88.4
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 85
Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used:
Hours: 174.5
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 89
Currently charging: Yes

Perseverance rover used:
Hours: 230
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 87
Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: None

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 40 gallons (26 people)
Water (static tank): ~360 gallons
Water (loft tank): gallons
Water Meter: 156711 units

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): Off
Static tank heater (On or off): Off

Toilet tank emptied: No

Summary of internet: Connected to the world wide web

Summary of suits and radios: All working well

Summary of GreenHab operations: N/A not in use

WATER USE: gallons

Heater: On or Off

Supplemental light: On or Off

Harvest:

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Rocket assembly bay for today’s EVA

Dual split: Heat or AC, On or Off

Summary of RAM operations: N/A

Summary of any observatory issues: N/A

Summary of health and safety issues: N/A.

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: None

Supplemental Operations Report March 16th

Supplemental Operations Report 16 Mar 2022

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: Outpost water supply

Action taken for non-nominal systems: We shocked the system with bleach, drained as much as could be pumped out and refilled it halfway. It is not clear and there is additional material floating on the top. We are letting it settle overnight and will reevaluate tomorrow.

Generator: Still being manually run at night.

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Charge controllers off at night.

Solar— Nominal

Notes on power system: Nothing to report

Propane Reading, station tank – not noted %

Propane Reading, director tank— not noted %

Propane Reading, intern tank— not noted %

Propane Reading, generator— not noted %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – not known gallons.

Water (Outpost tank) – 50 gallons

Sojourner rover used: yes

Hours: not noted

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: Still using Percy as well as Soji.

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 300): Honda and the 350 that runs (I always forget to note which one it is)

Reason for use: maintenance

Oil Added? No.

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used: 0.25 hours

Notes on ATVs: The headlights on the Honda to no work at all. I don’t know when this occurred but I only just noticed and confirmed it today.

HabCar used and why, where? Yes, to town for garbage and water runs

CrewCar used and why, where? No, it is parked in Grand Junction

Luna used and why, where? Yes, to town and for school field trips

Campus wide inspection, if action taken, what and why? Poop and MOOP patrols continue.

General notes and comments: Propane was delivered today, but I didn’t check the tank levels because of mud after a short storm this afternoon. The propane driver had run over the conduit in the narrow space between the campus and the outpost and I had put a barrier around it so I could move and rebury it, but he ran over the barrier and the conduit shattered. I will need to find a way to replace the pipe and protects the wires and move it in the next few days.

Summary of general operations: We are hosting two school groups this week. Each is here for two nights.

Summary of internet: I have not used the Starlink enough to evaluate it yet but my HughesNet account has no more data and three days until recharge, so Starlink will be my only internet until then and I will get a good look at it.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations: There was some water leaking from the toilet on Monday, but it was limited and has not continued. It happened when the tank was full, so maybe that was the cause, although it appeared to be fresh water. No idea what happened.

Summary of Outpost operations: Intern trailer is being occupied by TMS ED James Burk.

Summary of GreenHab operations: The Supaero crews left a small growth chamber, which I cleaned and will install in the ScienceDome to grown microgreens for the remainder of the field season.

Summary of ScienceDome operations: ScienceDome has been used a lot this week for science experiences. We have been using the oven.

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: Repairs will be done on Friday.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

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Supplemental Operations Report March 13/14th

Supplemental Operations Report 13/14 Mar 2022

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: We had a brief power system failure on Saturday morning. It may have been the result of the crew accidently leaving a rover on, and the SOC fell the 3% before I noticed it and turned on the generator. We were fine overnight but about a half hour after I turned the generator off, the SOC spiked at 100% before 9 am, which never happens. I went to town around 10 am to secure the crew’s 3D printer and when I got back the power was out.

Action taken for non-nominal systems: I’m currently (and it seems like forever…) troubleshooting the system.

Generator: Still being manually run at night. I did not use it on Saturday night and the SOC fell from 93 to 29 overnight. I unplugged the suits, radios and rovers on Sunday night to see if I could further reduce the load and the SOC fell from 91 to 37. This was even with an extra hour of sunlight. This suggests that the batteries are no longer at their peak performance due to the continuous drain over the past months of trying to get the system to work as it should. This is disappointing and potentially costly news.

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Charge controllers off at night except Saturday and Sunday, when I did not use the generator.

Solar— SOC was nominal through Saturday morning and once again after the power was restored.

Notes on power system: As noted above.

Propane Reading, station tank – 60 %

Propane Reading, director tank— 74 %

Propane Reading, intern tank— 78 %

Propane Reading, generator— 60 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – not known gallons.

Water (Outpost tank) – 50 gallons

Sojourner rover used: yes

Hours: not noted

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: I’ve been using Percy to do chores. Other rovers are just parked and charging.

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 300): none

Reason for use: n/a

Oil Added? No.

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used: 0 hours

Notes on ATVs: Nothing to report

HabCar used and why, where? Yes, to town for garbage and water runs (yay, I just love getting water…not!)

CrewCar used and why, where? Yes, crew returned it to Grand Junction and left it at the Day’s Inn. I plan to go to Grand Junction one day next week and get an oil change, tired rotated and wash before the next regular crew arrives.

Luna used and why, where? Yes, to town

Campus wide inspection, if action taken, what and why? Poop patrol and MOOP patrol both happened this weekend. MOOP not completed.

General notes and comments: nothing to report.

Summary of general operations: Nothing to report

Summary of internet: I moved the Starlink equipment to my trailer and will be testing it. The crew found that it worked very well and they were even able to make several phones call at one time on it, so I am intrigued. Early reviews are mixed. Fine for regular emails, etc, but not so great to stream. The jury is still out.

Summary of suits and radios: The suit covers for the one-piece suits were missing through the last rotation but were found in a cabinet and are now back on the suits. Broken helmet is in intern trailer.

Summary of Hab operations: The water leak in the front of the Hab, between the front steps and the water tank, is gone. I suspect it was from the broken part of the toilet or from the toilet seal because once the toilet was replaced it stopped. So mystery solved. The toilet room definitely needs new flooring because the water damaged floor is not at all attractive.

I spent several hours in the Hab returning misplaced items, taking inventory and taking care of small issues that had been ignored. Overall the Hab is in good shape from crew use, but a more serious floor cleaning on the lower deck needs to happen with future crews.

Summary of Outpost operations: Intern trailer getting clean for the arrival of TMS Executive Director, who will be visiting MDRS this week.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Cleaned and organized

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report.

Summary of health and safety issues: No bleach to be found in town so I will shock the water system when it arrives today.

Operations Report – March 11th

Crew 263 Operations Report 11-03-2022

SOL: 18

Name of person filing report: Mathéo Fouchet

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Notes on non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: No

Hours: 157.7

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: Yes

Hours: 87.1

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 99%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 173.2 (we forgot to switch it off after EVA but we did it when we left the Hab when breaking simulation, after EVA it was at 171.1 we apologies for this)

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 99%

Currently charging: Yes

Perseverance rover used: No

Hours: 228.6

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 30 gallons

Water (static tank): 198 gallons

Water (loft tank): 25 gallons

Water Meter: 01564076 units

Static to Loft Pump used: Yes

Static tank pipe heater: On

Static tank heater: On

Toilet tank emptied: No

Summary of internet: Nothing to report

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of ScienceDome operations:

Dual split: Off

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 to report

Operations Report – March 9th

Crew 263 Operations Report 09-03-2022

SOL: 16

Name of person filing report: Mathéo Fouchet

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Notes on non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: No

Hours: 157.7

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: Yes

Hours: 86.7

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 81%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 170.7

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 81%

Currently charging: Yes

Perseverance rover used: No

Hours: 228.6

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 17 gallons

Water (static tank): 245 gallons

Water (loft tank): 38 gallons

Water Meter: 01563570 units

Static to Loft Pump used: Yes

Static tank pipe heater: On

Static tank heater: On

Toilet tank emptied: Yes, and it is not even smelling when being emptied so that is good news

Summary of internet: Nothing to report

Summary of suits and radios: I glued the ring of the suit’s helmet as suggested by Scott yesterday. Then I put it in the RAM so that Shannon can take it and see what she can do about it. Also, during today’s EVA, suit #2 shut down after 3 hours of use. We were on our way back to the station so we could not do anything about it. I suppose it is quite normal for a long EVA due to the suit’s battery.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of ScienceDome operations:

Dual split: Off

SOC: 89% at 6:38pm

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 to report

Supplemental Operations Report – March 9th

Supplemental Operations Report 9 Mar 2022

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine (full week report, I missed last Sunday)

Non-nominal systems: Outpost water system, Sojourner

Action taken for non-nominal systems: I am emptying the water supply as much as possible, then I will shock it with bleach and refill the storage tank. I’m too big to get into the tank to clean it. I don’t know for sure that the water is bad but we have been having stomach issues and it was not cleaned at the beginning of the field season so this is just in case.

Sojourner’s batteries are not working properly and are losing charge much quicker than when I left in January. I will be checking and refilling all battery cells and see if that improves the power.

Generator: Still being manually run at night. Approximate hours 9 pm to 7 am on sunny days, slightly longer (with an earlier start time at night) if it is cloudy.

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Charge controllers off at night.

Solar— SOC is nominal.

Notes on power system: Nothing new to report. I will be working on the system this weekend, attempting to get the generator to charge the batteries at night.

Propane Reading, station tank – 64 %

Propane Reading, director tank— 70+ % (estimated at 80%)

Propane Reading, intern tank— 80 %

Propane Reading, generator— 70 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – not known gallons.

Water (Outpost tank) – 75 gallons

Sojourner rover used: yes

Hours: 162.4

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: Sojourner is losing charge far too quickly.

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 300): none

Reason for use: n/a

Oil Added? No.

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used: 0 hours

Notes on ATVs:

HabCar used and why, where? Yes, to town for garbage runs and supplies

CrewCar used and why, where? Yes, to town

Luna used and why, where? Yes, to town

Campus-wide inspection, if action is taken, what and why? Nothing to report

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of general operations: Nothing to report

Summary of internet: Nothing new to report.

Summary of suits and radios: One helmet has damage and has been switched for the spare one at the Outpost.

Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of Outpost operations: Greywater tank valve needs replacement.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nothing to report

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: We tried to open the observatory dome using an onsite internet connection but failed. We will attempt manually opening it next week.

Summary of health and safety issues: Possible contamination of outpost water supply.

Operations Report March 8th

SOL: 15

Name of person filing report: Mathéo Fouchet

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Notes on non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: No

Hours: 157.7

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: Yes

Hours: 86.3

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 77%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 170.3

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 76%

Currently charging: Yes

Perseverance rover used: No

Hours: 228.6

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 15 gallons

Water (static tank): 262 gallons

Water (loft tank): 40 gallons

Water Meter: 01563385 units

Static to Loft Pump used: Yes

Static tank pipe heater: On

Static tank heater: On

Toilet tank emptied: No

Summary of internet: Nothing to report

Summary of suits and radios: There is a crack under one of the screws present on the red ring of a suit’s helmet. We are doing our best to take care of the material that has been provided to us. I may need help to fix it, I thought about using glue to re-stick both parts together. Let me know if you have any advice on how to fix this issue.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of ScienceDome operations:

Dual split: Off

SOC: 92% at 6:32pm

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 to report

Operations Report – March 7th

Crew 263 Operations Report 07-03-2022

SOL: 14

Name of person filing report: Mathéo Fouchet

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Notes on non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours: 157.7

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 61%

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: 85.8

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No

Hours: 169.9

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Perseverance rover used: Yes

Hours: 228.6

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 43%

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 18 gallons

Water (static tank): 283 gallons

Water (loft tank): 37 gallons

Water Meter: 01563212 units

Static to Loft Pump used: Yes

Static tank pipe heater: On

Static tank heater: On

Toilet tank emptied: No

Summary of internet: Nothing to report

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of ScienceDome operations:

Dual split: Off

SOC: 86% at 6:07pm

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report

Summary of health and safety issues: See HSO Report

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Nothing to report

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