Operations Report – November 3rd

MDRS Operations Report 3Nov2021

Name of person filing report: Atila Meszaros

Reason for Report: Daily

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Action taken for non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Nominal, supplying all power

Notes on solar: Check supplemental report

Notes on power system: Generator didn’t run last night as expected. We are going to run it manually for the next couple of nights to assess the situation.

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 1 gallon

Water (loft tank): 50 gallons

Water Meter: 0152994.2

Water (static tank) – 240 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – 70 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Water (Outpost tank) – 90 gallons

Hab toilet tank emptied: No

Perseverance rover used: Yes

Hours: 223.7

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 55

Currently charging: No

Sojourner rover used: Yes

Hours:

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge:

Currently charging: No

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours: 143.7

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 76

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: Yes

Hours: 75.0

Beginning charge: 93

Ending charge: 65

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 151.9

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 78

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: Nothing to report.

General notes and comments:

Summary of internet: All accounts are nominal.

Summary of suits and radios: One of the headsets stop operating during the EVA preparation and was replaced on time.

Summary of general operations: The one-EVA had to be split into two EVAs due to a logistic error, but the situation was rapidly solved with the support of Dr. Rupert.

Summary of Hab operations: Water alarm on the loft tank installed to prevent overflowing. Geology EVAs and debriefing through the day.

Summary of Outpost operations: Nothing to report

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Geology class debriefing in the afternoon after our two last EVAs and rocket building.

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: The heating part for the observatory arrived.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

Questions, concerns, supplies needed and requests: Nothing at this time.

Crew 206 Operations Report for November 2nd

MDRS Operations Report 2Nov2021

Name of person filing report: Atila Meszaros

Reason for Report: Daily

Non-nominal systems: Oppy

Action taken for non-nominal systems: Overheated and recovered

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Nominal, supplying all power

Solar— SOC %: 70 at 20:30

Notes on solar: Nothing to report

Notes on power system: Shannon worked through the day in getting the Generator Autostart online and the configurations have been set. We are waiting for the generator to start running soon tonight.

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 1 gallons

Water (loft tank): 50 gallons

Water Meter: 0152938.5

Water (static tank) – 290 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – 80 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Water (Outpost tank) – 90 gallons

Hab toilet tank emptied: Yes

Perseverance rover used: Yes

Hours: 222.9

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 89

Currently charging: No

Sojourner rover used: Yes

Hours:

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 98

Currently charging: No

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours: 143.2

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 95

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: Yes

Hours:

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 95

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 151.4

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 94

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: Opportunity overheat problem appeared during our second EVA, it was parked as procedure south of Kissing Camels and brought back home thanks to the Outpost efforts.

General notes and comments:

Summary of internet: All accounts are nominal.

Summary of suits and radios: Suits #6 and #1 were not charging. Charger malfunction detected and solved.

Summary of general operations: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations: Geology Training and EVAs. Our base of operations has been placed on the lower deck.

Summary of Outpost operations: Nothing to report

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Geology class briefing in the morning and Generator AutoStart work.

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report

Summary of health and safety issues: Knee incident on a crewmember. See HSO Report for more information.

Questions, concerns, supplies needed and requests: Nothing at this time.

Crew 260 Operations Report November 1st

MDRS Operations Report 1Nov2021

Name of person filing report: Atila Meszaros

Reason for Report: Daily

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Action taken for non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Nominal, supplying all power

Solar— SOC %: 74 at 19:00

Notes on solar: Nothing to report

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 1 gallons

Water (loft tank): 30 gallons

Water Meter: 0152873.8

Water (static tank) – 350 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – 90 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Water (Outpost tank) – 90 gallons

Hab toilet tank emptied: No

Perseverance rover used: Yes

Hours: 220.6

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 39

Currently charging: No

Sojourner rover used: No

Hours:

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: Yes

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours: 141.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 75

Currently charging: No

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: 73.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No

Hours: 148.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 75

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: We cleaned the battery contacts with baking soda and water and refilled the cells with 5-6 gallons of destilled water. We need to find a cord for Percy cause it’s melting.

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): Ran 350’s 1 and 2

Reason for use: Training

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: for 30 minutes

Notes on ATVs: Honda still on the jack awaiting tire repair/replacement

General notes and comments:

Summary of internet: All accounts are nominal.

Summary of suits and radios: Suits and radio training for Crew 260. Everyone chose and was asigned their prefered spacesuit. All the one-piece and two-piece suits are currently charging for tomorrow’s first EVA.

Summary of general operations: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations: Space Rebound Mission started today. The rest of the team arrived in the morning and we started the program at 09:00. The team received a tour of the station and went trough radios, suit and rover training. We are currently conserving power because we plugged-in the rovers too late, cause the generator is still not online.

Summary of Outpost operations: Nothing to report

Summary of GreenHab operations: We removed the shade cloth.

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, supplies needed and requests: Nothing at this time.

Operational Report 28-31OCT2021

MDRS Operations Report 28-31-OCT-2021

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: Bathroom leak is worse

Action taken for non-nominal systems: Will investigate as soon as possible

Generator: I attempted to put the generator back on autostart today and something went wrong and we lost power. I got power back online but will not attempt to put the generator online again until tomorrow. Power was out for about an hour Sunday from about 7-8 pm while I troubleshot the fault, which was VDC, meaning something went wrong with the programming in the generator.

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Nominal, supplying all power

Solar— SOC % Last 24 hours (Sunday):

Average 72.6

Minimum 54

Maximum 100

Notes on solar: November is the cut off for running on solar only.

Propane Reading, station tank – 64%

Propane Reading, director tank— 55%

Propane Reading, intern tank— 72+ %

Propane Reading, generator— 80 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 1 gallons

Water (loft tank): 60 gallons

Water Meter: not checked units

Water (static tank) – 400 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – 80 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Water (Outpost tank) – 100 gallons

Hab toilet tank emptied: yes

Perseverance rover used: yes

Hours: 221.6

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 22

Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: yes

Hours: 155.4

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 89

Currently charging: yes

Spirit rover used: yes

Hours: 142.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 54

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: yes

Hours: 73.3

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 88

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: no

Hours: 149.6

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 70

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: We took all five rovers on the same trip. Trip charges varied wildly:

Soji has new batteries and has been used consistently most days and has the best charge.

Opportunity has new batteries but has not been use much due to overheating, and it overheated at the halfway point of our trip.

Curi and Spirit have new batteries but they have not been used enough to fully charge them, but I’m still not such why they were so far apart from each other in remaining charge.

Percy is used a lot but does not have new batteries. This loss of charge is concerning as these batteries are only about at the halftime or less of their life.

NOTE FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS: If you try to charge all 5 rovers at once, they draw a lot of power. Don’t charge late in the afternoon if you are only using solar power.

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): One 350 used for short trip to Kissing Camel

Reason for use: Mission Planning

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used: part of a gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 1

Notes on ATVs: Nothing to report

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

CrewCar used and why, where? Yes, to town for food for crew

Luna used and why, where? Yes, To Grand Junction. Oil change was performed. Air filter needs replacement.

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of internet: All accounts are nominal.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report. Headsets and cleaning clothes have been cleaned and put in individual packs to be given to each crewmember.

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

Summary of general operations: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations: Added alarm to the loft water tank, which goes off if the water level in the tank gets too high. You are welcome, 200 plus crews who complained about it, and especially to those crewmembers who had their staterooms flooded.

Summary of Outpost operations: Assistant Director is in residence and he has begun cleaning the intern trailer, which is a mess due to work that was done on it. Both residences are using wall heaters until we get the generator operational.

Summary of GreenHab operations: We harvested all the greens as they could not wait for the next crew. Replanted new greens. Currently heating at 70 degrees F.

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nothing to report

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: Robotic Observatory is fully operational.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

Questions, concerns, supplies needed and requests: Nothing at this time.

MDRS Operations Report 25-27 Oct2021

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MDRS Operations Report 25-27-OCT-2021

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Action taken for non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Generator: Cleaned the generator, checked oil and all connections and ran it for 30 minutes without charging. It ran great. Then I ran it again but this time charging for 10 minutes and it still ran great. I will reconnect the Autostart tomorrow. Contacted the vendor to request the heater that we ordered but was not installed on the unit.

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Nominal, supplying all power

Solar— SOC % Last 24 hours (Wednesday):

Average 90.2

Minimum 74

Maximum 100

Notes on solar: Nothing to report

Propane Reading, station tank – 61 %

Propane Reading, director tank— 70 %

Propane Reading, intern tank— 72 %

Propane Reading, generator— 80 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 1 gallons

Water (loft tank): 40 gallons

Water Meter: not checked units

Water (static tank) – 150 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – no

Water in GreenHab – 100 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Water (Outpost tank) – 110 gallons

Hab toilet tank emptied: no

Perseverance rover used: no

Hours: 220.6

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 97

Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: yes

Hours:

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Spirit rover used: no

Hours: 141.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no

Hours: 73.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: no

Hours: 148.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: Nothing to report

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): Ran all 350’s for 20 minutes

Reason for use: Maintenance

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 0

Notes on ATVs: Honda still on the jack awaiting tire repair/replacement

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

CrewCar used and why, where? Yes, to town for food for crew

Luna used and why, where? Yes. I attempted a trip to NM but was worried about the brakes and then about 30 miles out the check engine light went on.

General notes and comments: Van will get oil change in Grand Junction on Thursday if possible. I checked the oil, it is dirty but barely below the MAX level so I’m not sure why the oil light went on. I added ½ quart and then argued with the vehicle for about an hour to get the oil light to go off. Luna is amazing van, but sometimes she’s just a little bit overwhelming in her engineering. I mean, I checked the oil with the dipstick only to find out there are two types of dipsticks and that you are supposed to let the computer do the checking first at any rate!

Summary of internet: All accounts are nominal.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

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

Summary of general operations: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations: I brought food for the next crew.

Summary of Outpost operations: Nothing to report

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of ScienceDome operations: New eyewash bottle installed.

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: I mailed the package to the Astronomy Team.

Summary of health and safety issues: COVID supplies put in buildings.

Questions, concerns, supplies needed and requests: Nothing at this time.

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Operations Report Oct 21st – 24th

MDRS Operations Report 21-24-OCT-2021

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Action taken for non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Generator: Nothing to report

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Nominal, supplying all power

Solar— SOC % Last 24 hours (Sunday):

Average 83.3

Minimum 67

Maximum 100

Notes on solar: We had an overcast day so these numbers are lower than they have been.

Propane Reading, station tank – 60 %

Propane Reading, director tank— 68 %

Propane Reading, intern tank— 72 %

Propane Reading, generator— 80 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 1 gallons

Water (loft tank): 40 gallons

Water Meter: not checked units

Water (static tank) – 150 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – no

Water in GreenHab – 150 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Water (Outpost tank) – 120 gallons

Hab toilet tank emptied: no

Perseverance rover used: yes

Hours: 220.6

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 97

Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: yes

Hours: 154.6

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Spirit rover used: no

Hours: 141.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no

Hours: 73.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: no

Hours: 148.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: Nothing to report

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): The 350’s were all started and run today

Reason for use: Keeping batteries charged

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 0

Notes on ATVs: Nothing to report

HabCar used and why, where? Yes, to town for water. There may be something wrong with the HabCar, it acted strangely, with the RPM’s fluctuating wildly from town to Cow Dung Road. It may just be the effort the car puts in when the water sloshes back and forth. I did not have time to do any further checking at this time.

CrewCar used and why, where? Yes, to town for battery charging

Luna used and why, where? Yes, to town

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of internet: All accounts are nominal.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

Campus wide inspection, if action taken, what and why? I have begun deconstruction of the spill containment area for the generator. It’s going to be a bigger job than I thought, but just in time and energy.

Summary of general operations: All fire extinguishers have been removed from the building as they will be taken for service next week.

Summary of Hab operations: Hab is ready for the crew.

Summary of Outpost operations: I put the rear emergency exit window back in the intern trailer. We need to order a replacement part to secure it properly but with the wind and weather we are having I just wanted to get it in place, so it is gorilla taped in place for now. This means that the intern trailer is sealed against the weather.

Summary of GreenHab operations: We are getting some flowers! So that means as soon as there is someone to help we will remove the shadecloth and set up the supplemental lights. We had some brand new clear replacement helmets that were for the much older and no longer used spacesuits. Rather than throw them away, I am repurposing them in the GreenHab as planter. With their shape they will maintain moisture but may actually be too hard to harvest from.

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nothing to report

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: I went into the robotic observatory and remove two parts that need to be checked and possibly replaced. Then I had to go back in a day later and plug in a cord that I bumped and disconnected during my prior visit!

Summary of health and safety issues: Ordered a Red Cross Workplace First Aid Kit (Thanks for the suggestion, Jin!) and that will be the standard for the HSO to inspect and replace. We didn’t have a standard for first aid supplies and now we will. Hand is healing nicely.

Questions, concerns, supplies needed and requests: Nothing at this time.

Operations Report Oct 18th – 20th

MDRS Operations Report 18-20-OCT-2021

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Action taken for non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Generator: Nothing to report

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Nominal, supplying all power

Solar— SOC % Last 24 hours (Wednesday):

Average 88

Minimum 73

Maximum 100

Notes on solar: Nothing to report

Propane Reading, station tank – 61 %

Propane Reading, director tank— 70 %

Propane Reading, intern tank— 72 %

Propane Reading, generator— 80 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 1 gallons

Water (loft tank): 40 gallons

Water Meter: not checked units

Water (static tank) – 150 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – no

Water in GreenHab – 10 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Water (Outpost tank) – 150 gallons

Hab toilet tank emptied: no

Perseverance rover used: yes

Hours: 220.6

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 97

Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: yes

Hours: not noted

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Spirit rover used: no

Hours: 141.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no

Hours: 73.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: no

Hours: 148.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: Nothing to report

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): none

Reason for use: n/a

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 0

Notes on ATVs: Nothing to report

HabCar used and why, where? No

CrewCar used and why, where? Yes, to town

Luna used and why, where? Yes, to town

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of internet: All accounts are nominal.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

Campus wide inspection, if action taken, what and why? I went to repair what I thought were a few areas where the wire holding the cattle panels needed replacing and I discovered that much of the wire has rusted and broken off and so much of the tunnels need replacement wire. I did some today.

Summary of general operations: The new sign seems to be working better than anything else we have tried, as people have mostly parked and viewed the station from the sign as instructed.

Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of Outpost operations: Got the rest of the work party trash materials on the trailer except for the things that were too big for me to handle alone.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Shade cloth needs to be removed. The plants are protesting phototactically. Spent some time on a new crop project.

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Working on some NASA Spaceward Bound Utah geology projects.

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: I went into the Observatory and pressed a button today at Peter’s request. Finally made it to the inner sanctum.

Summary of health and safety issues: Hand is fine. Not healing but also not infected.

Questions, concerns, supplies needed and requests: Mouse is gone.

Operations Report Oct 15th – 17th

MDRS Operations Report 15-17-OCT-2021

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: water pump in Hab

Action taken for non-nominal systems: Ed was here to work on the telescope and he reported the pump in the Hab was working continuously through the night so he turned it off. The reason was that the loft tank was empty. I refilled it and pressurized the system and all is well again.

Generator: Nothing to report

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Nominal, supplying all power

Solar— SOC % Last 24 hours (Sunday):

Average 87.2

Minimum 72

Maximum 100

Notes on solar: Nothing to report

Propane Reading, station tank – 61 %

Propane Reading, director tank— 70 %

Propane Reading, intern tank— 72 %

Propane Reading, generator— 80 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 1 gallons

Water (loft tank): 40 gallons

Water Meter: not checked units

Water (static tank) – 150 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – 30 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Water (Outpost tank) – 150 gallons

Hab toilet tank emptied: yes

Perseverance rover used: yes

Hours: 220.4

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 83

Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: yes

Hours: not noted

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Spirit rover used: no

Hours: 141.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no

Hours: 73.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: no

Hours: 148.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: Nothing to report

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): none

Reason for use: n/a

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 0

Notes on ATVs: Nothing to report

HabCar used and why, where? No

CrewCar used and why, where? No

Luna used and why, where? Yes, to town

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of internet: All accounts are nominal.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

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

Summary of general operations: I mounted the new “park and view” sign under the MDRS sign. It’s crooked, because I opted to match the lower board instead of the sign.

Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of Outpost operations: Nothing to report

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of ScienceDome operations: I finished cleaning the lab and it was much easier thanks to the work Crew 228 did.

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: Robotic observatory is online. This morning I found it open but I notified Peter and he closed it.

Summary of health and safety issues: I cut my hand pretty deep while mounting the sign. It’s wrapped with six band-aids and I’m sure will heal without complications.

Questions, concerns, supplies needed and requests: I have a small mouse in my house. I’m hoping to make things so uncomfortable for them that they move out.

Operations Report Oct 11th – 14th

MDRS Operations Report 11-14-OCT-2021

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: nothing to report

Action taken for non-nominal systems: n/a

Generator: nothing to report

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Nominal, supplying all power

Solar— SOC % Last 24 hours (Thursday):

Average 88.5

Minimum 74

Maximum 100

Notes on solar: nothing to report

Propane Reading, station tank – 71 %

Propane Reading, director tank— 70 %

Propane Reading, intern tank— 72 %

Propane Reading, generator— 80 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 1 gallons

Water (loft tank): 25 gallons

Water Meter: not checked units

Water (static tank) – 200 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – no

Water in GreenHab – 50 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Water (Outpost tank) – 180 gallons

Hab toilet tank emptied: no

Perseverance rover used: no

Hours: 220.2

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: no

Hours: 152.2

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Spirit rover used: no

Hours: 141.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no

Hours: 73.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: no

Hours: 148.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: nothing to report

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): none

Reason for use: n/a

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 0

Notes on ATVs: I left the jack alone holding up the rear of the Honda and it sunk about 2 inches in the rainstorm.

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

CrewCar used and why, where? No

Luna used and why, where? Yes, to town to unload materials into the storage unit

General notes and comments: nothing to report

Summary of internet: All accounts are nominal.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

Campus wide inspection, if action taken, what and why? Erosion of the hill I try to keep people off is getting worse both by the station and at the Outpost. In addition, the gully created by the placement of the ScienceDome is about 9 inches deep and cutting through the driveway.

Summary of general operations: nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of Outpost operations: nothing to report

Summary of GreenHab operations: Inga wins my “I would definitely go to Mars with them” award. The new watering can may be metal, so it won’t get brittle and break, but it’s about as subtle as a fire hose! Not good for watering young plants. I will order a better one, with more refined and gentler watering capabilities.

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nothing to report

Summary of RAM operations: nothing to report

Summary of any observatory issues: Robotic observatory is down. Will be serviced soon.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

Questions, concerns, supplies needed and requests: Weather has been bad, stormy and muddy so not much outside work has been done.

Operations Report Oct 08th – 10th

MDRS Operations Report 8-10-OCT-2021

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: Complete Failure of Power System occurred on Saturday the 9th at 6 am.

Action taken for non-nominal systems: On Saturday, we awoke to a brownout, which is something that isn’t supposed to happen with our system and has never happened before. After about ten minutes of this, we lost power. SOC was 16%. One of the power controllers had tripped its breaker, but I didn’t know when, so nothing to do but resent it and wait until sunrise. Once the sun was up, all three charge controllers returned to nominal operations. I attempted to use the generator before sunrise but my first attempt failed. I changed the generator control to autostart, knowing the generator was programmed for autostart. It started well, but struggled and lagged, finally backfiring and quitting. The autostart was cancelled so will need to be reprogrammed on the generator before it can be used again. Error read undervolt L1-2. I attempted a second manual start but the generator turned itself off in a minute. So we waited for the sun to confirm the solar system was working. It was but we still weren’t getting power. My second attempt to restart the inverters worked and the system has been functional since. In the meantime, I restarted the generator with the breaker off and it ran well, then I flipped the breaker with the SOC at 30% and the generator did not struggle. I turned the generator off so I could clean and check it before putting it in service again. For the next few days I will once again run on solar only until this is done then I will test the system again.

Generator: Run three times on Oct 7 during a power failure.

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar— Except for during the complete power failture on Saturday it has run nominally, although struggling to keep up with power demand on rainy and cloudy days

Solar— SOC % Last 24 hours (Sunday):

Average 60.1

Minimum 14

Maximum 100

Notes on solar: See above

Diesel Reading – Removed on Oct 10th. This will be the last report for this tank.

Propane Reading, station tank – 71 %

Propane Reading, director tank— 70 %

Propane Reading, intern tank— 72 %

Propane Reading, generator— 80 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 1 gallons

Water (loft tank): gallons

Water Meter: units

Water (static tank) – 225 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – 60 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Water (Outpost tank) – 200 gallons

Hab toilet tank emptied: unknown

Perseverance rover used: yes

Hours: 220.2

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: yes

Hours: 152.2

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Spirit rover used: yes

Hours: 141.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: yes

Hours: 73.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: yes

Hours: 148.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: Additions to the frame to protect the spacesuits have remained intact and functional.

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): Honda

Reason for use: removed two rear tires for repair

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 0

Notes on ATVs: Nothing to report

HabCar used and why, where? No

CrewCar used and why, where? Yes, to deliver crew to Grand Junctoin

Luna used and why, where? Yes, to town

General notes and comments: CrewCar needs repair before next crew arrives. Running well, but needs work on the undercarriage. The HabCar’s windshield has been scratched so much that it is difficult to see through it when the window isn’t cleaned. The windshield washer tank is broken so people have just been clearing and scratching it without any fluids.

Summary of internet: All accounts are nominal.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

Campus wide inspection, if action taken, what and why? Diesel tank removed, remaining spill containment system needs to be removed.

Summary of general operations: Diesel tank has been removed from campus. Old blackwater tank has been transferred to the trailer for disposal.

Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of Outpost operations: Propane detector in director’s trailer malfunctioned after power failure and was removed. During removal, the fuse to the water pump failed. This is an amazingly short story for what was a really long and interesting learning experience. The thermostats in both trailers were replaced and the heating unit in the intern trailer was reinstalled after being cleaned and checked.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nothing to report

Summary of RAM operations: Ladder was used and was reattached to the tunnel

Summary of any observatory issues: Robotic observatory is down.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

Questions, concerns, supplies needed and requests: Nothing at this time.

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