Crew 265 Operations Report May 2nd

Crew 265 Operations Report 2 MAY 2022
SOL: 8
Name of person filing report: Dave Laude/Sergii Iakymov

Non-nominal systems: Furnace. Room#2 door knob. Percy left rear tail light non-functional, but brake lights working.

Notes on non-nominal systems: Furnace is functional and we remain cautious over limiting to early morning only. Infrequently used now. Door knob feels like it’s about to fail.

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours: 178.2

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 75

Currently charging: No

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: 97.0

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: Unknown

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 189.2

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 70

Currently charging: No

Perseverance rover used: Yes

Hours: 238.1

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 62

Currently charging: No

General notes and comments:

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE:
Water (static tank): Not full. ~235 gallons.
Water (loft tank): 55 gallons
Water Meter: 158244.9 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: Nominal

Summary of suits and radios: Batteries charging. Suit 10 now has a new battery (tested 6.2 A-Hr). We are finished checking for problems and repairing all suits and chargers although we are short one working charger. We opened it up and it needs a replacement 10uF/25V cap we don’t have.

I want to elaborate on yestersols comments I made:
Notes for Scott Davis re. one-piece suits from Dave Laude (5’9" 134 lbs small frame). I have used them about 8 times and like them. There are a few improvements in my mind that would make them fantastic for me:
1-Some of us want to carry the bulk of the weight on our waist as the shoulders get sore otherwise. The straps have a limited capacity to do so I found because the "overhang" part of the suit above the shoulders contacts the shoulders when attempting to transfer much of the weight to the waist by loosening shoulder straps. Suggest an arch be cut above the shoulders. Note that the waist belt is tight.
2-There is too much transparent area in the helmet allowing too much hot sun on the top of the head where there are no eyes. Consider making top opaque.
3-Suggest you use barrel connectors for charger port as we discussed before. More reliable and much easier to plug and unplug. I suppose easy could result in accidental pull out, but astronauts should be able to manage it.
4-Please consider adding padding on the inside sides of helmets like on the backside. What happens in rovers on rough road spots is the rover will swing side-to-side throwing one’s head into the helmet hard sides. Extremely annoying and brain rattling.

Summary of GreenHab operations: NA

WATER USE: N/A

Heater: N/A

Supplemental light: N/A

Harvest: None

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Not used.

Dual split: Heat or AC, On or Off

Summary of RAM operations: None

Summary of any observatory issues: NA

Summary of health and safety issues: Per HSO report all crew members are feeling good and can participate in EVA.

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Per our calculation the water meter is pretty accurate. The meter is only 2.5% off on its readings from our calculated water usage. More on our "calculations" tomorrow.

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