December 17, 2017 – Mars Desert Research Station

Crew 185

Operations Report Sunday 12/17/2017

SOL: SOL -2

Name of person filing report: A.Passeron

Non-nominal systems:

– Heater :

The heater was not working properly, even after reseting it. Shannon adviced us to change the air filter.

– Generator :

The generator had a failure at 8:00pm, Fault message reading “Low battery”. Jump-start from Shannon’s Shuttle battery did not solve the issue. Generator had a second failure at 9:00pm, so we definitely turned it off for the night.

Generator (hours run):

Generator turned off at 9:00am.

Generator turned on at 5:00pm.

Generator had a failure at 8:00pm.

Jump-start done at 8:00pm.

Generator turned off at 9:00pm after a second failure.

Solar— SOC @ 5:00pm : 95%

Diesel – 80%

Propane – 62 percent volume

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

Water (trailer) – 300 gallons

Water (static) – 230 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – No

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 50 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: Yes

ATV’s Used: Yes

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used:

# Hours the ATVs were used today: 00:40 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: 00:40 Hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 90%

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: Yes

Hours: 00:40 Hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 88%

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

David Murray

December 17th, 2017

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

Ambient

Ambient with window/door open from 10:30 – ? (Someone closed door without notifying me)

Working Hour: 18:30

Outside temp during working hours: 1 C

Inside temperature high: 31 C

Inside temperature low: 15 C

Inside humidity: 16%

Heating

Functioning nominally

Turns on at 16 C and off at 20 C

Cooling

Not functional

Shade Cloth On/Off

Average temperature:

N/A

Changes to Crops

Bean plants are no longer drooping

One bean plant has 9 flowers open or partially open

Two bean plants have one flower open or partially open

One bean plant has two flowers open or partially open

Dill weed has sprouted

Morning Research Observations

N/A

Daily Water Usage for Crops

5 gallons

Time(s) of Watering Crops

Around 13:00 and 18:30

Aquaponics

N/A

Narrative

Took inventory of all identifiable living plants in the greenhab.

Cucumber- 23

Tomato- 101

Beans- 31

Melon- 21

Pepper- 25

Many tomatoes need to be transplanted into larger pots

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

Mission Support

Day: December 17, 2017

Operations Report – December 17th

GreenHab Report – December 17th