December 16, 2017 – Mars Desert Research Station

Crew 185

Operations Report Saturday 12/16/2017

SOL: -3

Name of person filing report: APasseron

Non-nominal systems: None

Notes on non-nominal systems:

Generator (hours run): Generator is running and nominal.

Solar— SOC @ 9:00pm : 100%

Diesel – 85%

Propane – 62 percent volume

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 5 Gallons (Full)

Water (trailer) – 400 gallons

Water (static) – 250 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – No

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 50 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: No

ATV’s Used: None

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used:

# Hours the ATVs were used today: 00:00 hours

Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.

Deimos rover used: No

Hours: 00:00 hours

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.

Hours: 00:00 Hours

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours: 00:30 Hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 80%

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: Yes

Hours: 00:30 Hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 80%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

HabCar used and why, where? No

Summary of internet: All Nominal

Summary of suits and radios: All Nominal

Summary of Hab operations: All nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations: Greenhab report is nominal and cleaned!

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

GreenHab Report

Written by David Murray

Supervised by Trisha Randazzo

December 16, 2017

Environmental control: (Choose which is appropriate and explain further if needed)

Ambient (no heating or/cooling)

Ambient with window/door open

· Outside temperature during work hours: -4.5 C

· At 20:25 inside temperature was 15 C.

· Inside temperature high 31

· Inside temperature low 15

· Inside humidity: 16%

Heating

· Functioning nominally

· Turns on at 16 C stops at 20 C

Cooling

· Not available

Both heating and cooling

· Nominal

Shade cloth on/off

· On

Average temperature: (N/A until new sensor is delivered)

· N/A

Changes to crops: Note all emergence of seedlings, death of seedlings, etc

· Two of the bean plants are still drooping

· The sprouting bean plants now has 4 flowers

Daily water usage for crops:

· Used more water to accommodate the drier planter box.

Time(s) of watering for crops:

· 20:25

Morning research observations: (Currently not operational)

· N/A

Changes to research plants:

· N/A

Daily watering and amount of water used:

· 4 Gallons

Aquaponics: (Currently not operational)

· N/A

Narrative: Any other information you want to share

· Completed crew handover activities for GreenHab. David is now well trained as the new GreenHab Officer.

Support/supplies needed:

· Soil and a fire extinguisher

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

Mission Support

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Day: December 16, 2017

Operations Report – December 16th

GreenHab Report – December 16th