GreenHab Report – January 06th

  


Crew 219 GreenHab Report 06-01-2020

Crew GreenHab Officer: Cynthia Montanez

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 19.4 °C; 20 %

Average Max: 25.6 °C, 21.3%

Average Min: 16.7 °C, 17%

7:24 A.M.

Floor Unit: 14 °C

Electronic: 17.2 °C

humidity 21%

Max: 25.6 °C; 21%

Min: 17.1 °C; 17%

2:38 A.M.

Floor Unit: 17 °C

Electronic: 23.9 °C

humidity 18%

Max: 25.6 °C; 22%

Min: 16.9 °C; 17%

5:24 P.M.

Floor Unit: 12 °C

Electronic: 17.2 °C

humidity 21%

Max: 25.6 °C; 21%

Min: 16.2 °C; 17%

Hours of supplemental light: Light system 7:00PM-12:00AM.

Daily water usage for crops: 6.75 Gal.

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A

Water in Blue Tank – 213.25 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops:

7:24 A.M.

5:24 P.M.

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY:

Change to crops: None.

OTHER NOTES:

1st sprouts: N/A

Harvest: At 5:24 P.M., 2 grams of sage and 0.25 grams of thyme were harvested.

Other: At 7:24 A.M. there showed more another pepper sprout in plot B, second shelf, second from the right. At 2:38 P.M., sprout appeared in the zucchini in #1 plot C. Also, the hanging pot with cucumbers has wilting flowers. At 5:24 P.M., the grapefruit mint was transplanted to a hanging pot closest to greenhab door. The, pineapple mint was also transplanted to a hanging pot but placed near herb bed.

Operations Report – January 06th

  



Operations Report

Crew 219 Operations Report 06-JAN-2020

Sol: 1

Name of person filing report: Alejandro Luis Perez

Non-nominal systems: N/A

Generator: Run

Hours run: 14

From what time last night: 17:30

To what time this morning: 07:30

List of any additional daytime hours when the generator was run: N/A

Solar- SOC% (Before the generator is run at night): 49%

Diesel Reading – 73%

Station Propane Reading- 50%

Ethanol Free Gasoline- N/A

Water (loft tank) (gal) – 55

Water Meter (units)- 0147407,8

Water (static tank) (gal) – 513

Static to loft Pump used – Yes

Water in Green Hab (gal): 213.25

Water in Science Dome (gal): 0

Toilet Tank Emptied – Yes

Diemos rover used: Still in the Work shop

Hours:

Beginning Charge:

End Charge:

Currently Charging:

Sojourner rover used: Assigned to Director

Hours:

Beginning Charge:

End Charge:

Currently Charging:

Spirit Rover used- Yes

EVA #1

Hours: 123.1

Beginning Charge: 100%

Ending Charge: 88%

EVA #2

Hours:123.3

Beginning Charge: 100%

Ending Charge: 92%

Currently Charging: Yes

Opportunity Rover used: Still in workshop

Hours:

Beginning Charge:

Ending Charge:

Currently Charging:

Curiosity Rover used: Yes

EVA #1 and 2

Hours: 129.0

Beginning Charge: 100%

Ending Charge: 91%

EVA #2

Hours: 129.1

Beginning Charge: 100%

Ending Charge: 95%

Currently Charging: Yes

Notes on Rovers: Opportunity and Deimos off-site for maintenance.

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 300, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): Yes, Outpost used ATV #1, and #3

Reason for use: Used for maintenance.

Oil Added? No

# hours the ATV’s were used today: 0.5

Notes on ATVs: Honda battery was not responsive, it needed to be jumped in order for it to turn on. This is the third occasion.

Habcar used and why, where? Used by the Outpost team to storage and Post Office.

CrewCar used and why, where? No

General Notes and Comments: Spare heat tape being kept in the RAM. The extension that is connected to the current heat tape has been relocated to the inner plugs in the lower deck. Also, Astronomer used the rest of the Orange marking tape for his experiment.

Summary of the internet: limited intermittent dysconnectivity

Summary of Suit and Radios: Suits #5 and Suits #1 do not have air flow. One headset that was not operating.

Summary of Hab: Followed instructions given by Director Rupert for flushing the toilet. Filled and emptied the toilet 2 times and added digester. Now operating on normal toilet procedures. See attached requested photos below regarding the black seal of the toilet. Also, the feedline to the loft tank is still leaking when the pump is turned on. Teflon tape would help improve the seal.

Summary of Science Dome operations: Nominal

Summary of Ram operations: Nominal

Summary of any observatory issues: Nominal

Summary of Health and safety issues: See HSO report

Questions, concerns, and requests to Mission Support: Request for more Orange Marking Tape and Teflon tape

Journalist Report – January 06th

  

Journalist Report

Hannah Blackburn, Crew 219 Lead Science Officer

Sol 1

Return to the Red Planet

The Martian landscape is cold, dusty, and rusty red. My new home is the polar opposite of the tropical and lushly vegetated campus of Florida Tech, and yet I feel just as at home. Waking up in my cozy bunk felt like I never left Mars at all. I almost expected to sit down for breakfast with the other members of Crew 205, but it has been a year since we were the only known inhabitants of the red planet. Now, my crew is number 219, and we have our own adventure to begin.

I am the Lead Science Officer of Crew 219, so my main responsibility is to help my crewmates with their research. Today we went on two EVAs to collect regolith samples for our biological remediation experiment. All eight of us now have boot prints on the surface of Mars, at least until the next dust storm wipes them away. So far the weather has been acceptable for EVAs, but the sky has not been clear enough to take astronomy data. We are all looking forward to seeing the stars above the Martian mountains.

As I am writing this, I am enjoying the sights and smells of the GreenHab. We picked some sage for dinner, and the scent alone is making me hungry. I can’t wait to share a pot of soup with my crew and relax together after our day of hard work. Maybe we’ll watch a movie to celebrate our first sol on the red planet. It’s a little on the nose, but I’m thinking The Martian.

Science Report – January 06th

  

Crew 219 Science Report 06-JAN-20
Crew Science Officer: Hannah Blackburn

1. Biometrics and Neurobehavioral Research

Sleep logs began today. Post-EVA biometrics were recorded.

2. UAV

Nothing to report.

3. Dust Mitigation for Optical Mirrors

A site was selected for the mirror to be placed (between the Musk Solar Observatory and the Robotic Observatory). The optics mount was assembled.

4. Astrophotography of Celestial Bodies

Submitted an observation of the Crab Nebula with MDRS 14. Hopefully we will have clear skies soon.

5. Remediation of Mars Regolith

Samples were collected on EVA 1 and 2.

6. Chemical and Mineralogical Composition of the MDRS Site

Crew members practiced using the geological sampling tool while taking samples for #5. Locations were selected for tomorrow’s EVAs (North Ridge and Kissing Camel).

7. Protocols for the Discovery of Life on Mars

Nothing to report.

Glassware check out:

For the duration of the mission, we will need 10 glass beakers (sizes between 200 and 500 ml) to dry regolith samples in the oven, and one glass pipette to measure BG11 media for the regolith remediation project.

Operations Report – January 5th

Operations Report

Crew 219 Operations Report 05-01-2020

Sol: 0

Name of person filing report: Alejandro Luis Perez

Non-nominal systems: N/A

Generator : Run

Hours run : 13

From what time last night: 18:00

To what time this morning: 07:00

List of any additional daytime hours when the generator was run: N/A

Solar- SOC% (Before generator is run at night): 67%

Diesel Reading – 73%

Station Propane Reading- 57%

Ethanol Free Gasoline- N/A

Water (loft tank) (gal) – 55

Water Meter (units)- 0147363,4

Water (static Tank) (gal) – 550

Static to loft Pump used – Yes

Water in Green Hab (gal): 150 and still filling before the beginning
of the mission

Water in Science Dome (gal): 0

Toilet Tank Emptied – Yes

Diemos rover used: Still in the Workshop

Hours:

Beginning Charge:

End Charge:

Currently Charging:

Sojourner rover used: Assigned to Director

Hours:

Beginning Charge:

End Charge:

Currently Charging:

Spirit Rover used- Yes

Hours: 122.9

Beginning Charge: 100%

End Charge: 65%

Currently Charging: Yes

Opportunity Rover used: Still in the workshop

Hours:

Beginning Charge:

Ending Charge:

Currently Charging:

Curiosity Rover used: Yes

Hours: 128.3

Beginning Charge: 100%

Ending Charge: 70%

Currently Charging: Yes

Notes on Rovers: Opportunity and Deimos off-site for maintenance.

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 300, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): No

Reason for use: N/A

Oil Added? No

# hours the ATV’s were used today: 0

Notes on ATVs: N/A

Habcar used and why, where? Yes, to fill static tank and Greenhab tank
from hollow mountain Gas station

CrewCar used and why, where? Yes, to bring Crew 218 back to grand
junction. Currently in Grand junction.

General Notes and Comments: installation of the lower deck heater, but
that it won’t be operational until positioned on the right location

Summary of the internet: Not Responsive

Summary of Suit and Radios: Radio # 8 was not receiving signal. There
are currently 2 suit helmets that need repair. One has a broken head
pad panel that does not stay in place. The other is missing the
right-side connection piece for air.

Summary of Hab: The pipe connecting static tank to loft tank has to be
defrosted by using a combination of Hairdryer to the outside pipe,
warm water poured into the feed line, and re-taping the insulation
around the outside pipe.

Summary of Science Dome operations: Adjusted latching mechanism on
Science Dome door. The door now latches closed.

Summary of Ram operations: Nominal

Summary of any observatory issues: Previous Crew had replaced both the
batteries and a new Fire alarm unit. However, the alarm was
consistently going off. According to the unit the system does not
operate in conditions under 40 °F. And there is no Co alarm in there
as well.

Summary of Health and safety issues: Smoke and Co alarm have been
replaced in Greenhab. All ABC fire extinguisher are out of date, the
observatory does not have a fire extinguisher, BC fire extinguisher in
RAM has no date and is broken and three good aerosol fire
extinguishers.

Questions, concerns, and requests to Mission Support: Light bulbs
missing in 4 crew rooms, Max watts is 13.

GreenHab Report – January 5th

Crew 218 GreenHab Report 05-JAN-20

Crew GreenHab Officer: Crew 219 GreenHab Officer Cynthia Montanez

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 20.5 °C; 19.3 %

Average Max: 24.7 °C, 21.6%

Average Min: 17.3 °C, 12.6

07:56 A.M.

Floor Unit: 14 °C

Electronic: 17.4 °C

humidity 21%

Max: 23.3 °C; 22%

Min: 16.9 °C; 18%

11:50 A.M.

Floor Unit: 14 °C

Electronic: 25.1 °C

humidity 17%

Max: 25.3 °C; 22%

Min: 16.9 °C; 03%

04:48 P.M.

Floor Unit: 14 °C

Electronic: 19.2 °C

humidity 20%

Max: 25.6 °C; 21%

Min: 18.2 °C; 17%

Hours of supplemental light: Light system 7:00PM-12:00AM.

Daily water usage for crops: 0.77 Gal.

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A

Water in Blue Tank – 67.23 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops:

7:56 A.M.

7:20 P.M.

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY:

Change to crops: None.

OTHER NOTES:

1st sprouts: N/A

Harvest: At 11:50 A.M., 2 grams of cilantro and 2 grams of marjoram
were harvested.

At 7:20 P.M., 0.25 grams of marjoram and 0.25 grams of
sage was harvested.

Other: At 7:56 A.M. there showed more flowers on the cucumber plant.
Also, at this time there were only three plants that required watering
which were icicle radish, peas, and snow peas. All other bed/
containers contained reasonable soil saturation. A removal of a dead
sweet pea plant were performed at 4:48 P.M. Additionally, a stick was
placed on one of the living sweet pea plants to make it standup.
Finally, a last watering was performed for the hanging plants, peas,
snow peas, and cucumbers, at 7:20 P.M.

Journalist Report – January 5th

Journalist Report

Robinson Raphael, Crew 219 Astronomer,

Sol 0,

The Beginning of New Potentials

Crew 219 has officially arrived on Mars! Upon arriving, we
familiarized ourselves with Crew 218 and overall had a joyous and
welcoming experience. Alongside me, the crew geologist, commander,
HSO, LSO all slept in the science dome. It was quite frightful to wake
up this morning as I was the only person in the science dome. At
first, I was so confused questioning. Did my crew leave me? Did I
oversleep?? Was I still in a dream??? After giving myself some time, I
arrived back at the Hab to see a long line to use the bathroom. Some
things never change….. I slowly found out that each crew member woke
up at different times and just left. Keith, our HSO, journeyed to the
GreenHab at 2am only to find out the heater stopped. Oh boy that story
made all of us laugh and was a wonderful way to the start the day. As
the morning progressed, we all said our goodbyes to Crew 218 and
wished them a safe journey back to Earth.

As each member of Crew 218 left, we were filled with sadness as their
company was well appreciated. At the same time, we were also filled
with motivation, as we reminisced on the research projects they were
working on. A little bit after, we all took a written quiz which both
filled our guts with anticipation and a bit of nervousness. One by one
we all handed our quizzes back to be graded and slowly waited for
results. After each quiz was graded, we let out a burst of excitement
to find out that the crew passed and was able to carry on with their
day.

The day was quite adventurous as it consisted of training with the
rovers and learning how to put on the flight suits. For the rover
training, I was paired with Alejandro and we drove all to the starting
point of Galileo Road. Man, oh man it was so cold; my face felt like a
brick. Definitely going to bring more layers next time! The scenery of
Mars was gorgeous and breathtaking that I couldn’t just help but stare
all around me. As Alejandro was driving for the first half of the
journey, we kept singing to help the time go by and it was a wonderful
moment. When it came to the flight suits, we all took pictures posing
for the camera and admiring the feel and look.

As the day began to grow darker, the whole Crew 219 spent a majority
of time doing their own thing and helping out with daily tasks such as
washing dishes, cleaning the rooms, cooking, etc. I can’t wait to wake
up to our first Sol on Mars tomorrow morning!

Sol Summary – January 5th

Crew 219 Sol Summary Report 05-01-2020

Sol:0

Summary Title:

Final Countdown to Launch

Author’s name: Dave Masaitis

Mission Status: Preparing for sim

Sol Activity Summary: Today Crew 219 spent much of the day conducting
pre-mission training, completing a proficiency quiz, inventorying food
and filling water, and of course, heating frozen pipes. Most
importantly, all maintenance attempted was completed and water got
filled, even in the loft tank. We will spend the evening polishing our
mission plan, and then we’re off to bed early, to start our simulation
fully rested.

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow will consist of two EVA’s to get researchers
out into areas of interest for sample collection, as well as orienting
the whole crew to our region of operations. We will also be closely
monitoring our water delivery system, though today’s work gave us some
good techniques to get water flowing despite our continuous cold
weather. We will be using down time around the campus to finish our
initial inventories. If time allows in the evening, we will also be
testing through our UAV in an attempt to make it operational after
transit.

Anomalies in work: None at present

Weather: Dominantly overcast and cold, with sporadic light flurries of snow.

Crew Physical Status: Nominal – No injuries

EVA: N/A

Reports to be file:

Sol Summary

Journalist Report

GreenHab Report

Operations Report

Photos (Including Photo of the Day)

Support Requested: See operations report

Journalist Report Jan 04th

Journalist Report

Ben Durkee, Crew 218 Journalist

Sol 13

This morning started off soothing and somber. We crawled out of our sleeping bags to the gentle ukelele of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Depleting our remaining hot chocolate supply, we watched the sun scale the hill east of the Hab. Without sharing any words, we lamented this being our last Martian sunrise together. Once we had fully woken up and sufficiently mellowed out, there was an immediate paradigm shift and we launched straight into our jam-packed itinerary.

First on the docket: Hab cleaning. Since we had done most of the cleaning yesterday, we knew exactly what still needed to be done and we each splintered off to tackle a different task. I took mop duty. Our pipes still hadn’t thawed, so mopping became a struggle between refreshing the water as little as possible without slathering the floor with a muddy sludge. I spent a period in a seemingly unending sine wave between cleaning a region and then painting it brown, back and forth ad infinitum. Eventually, we sent Jonathan outside with pots of hot water to pour on the pipes in an attempt to thaw them. In light of this effort and the many gallons of water we had remaining from the mission, we considered water conservation a bit less of a concern. As a result, we got our Martian housekeeping done just in time for our guests to arrive.

Our metaphorical doorbell (the Habitat radio) rang and we invited Crew 219 through the airlock. They are a squad assembled of Florida Tech students and alumni, 8 people strong. Considering there are only 6 state rooms and 1 loft, it’s going to be a bit of a cozy Hab. I get the impression they’ll handle it well, though. They seem like a very tight-knit group and more than ready to face this mission together. I have only good things to say about these guys and training them today has been an absolute pleasure.

It’s weird to be the jaded survivors tasked with passing down knowledge to our starry-eyed successors. I’m almost jealous they now get to live this incredible experience that we’ve just concluded. It’s like when you finish a great book or television show and wish you could just erase your memory of it and live it again. But we’ve had our fun and the time has come to pass the torch and hand these folks the keys to a shiny new Mars Habitat.

Tonight is going to be a bittersweet night, full of reminiscing about our time on the red planet and breaking bread with our new Floridian friends. All in all, this has been an unbelievably enriching experience.

Were we packed into tiny, overheated sleeping quarters like a can of sardines in an oven? Yes. Did I have to painstakingly scrape beans from all the dishes with my fingernails and a bean juice-soaked sponge? I’ll never be able to forget. Was I forced to put up with these 5 lovable scamps for two whole weeks? Yep. Would I do it again?

In a heartbeat.

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