Sol 2 Journalist report below:
After dinner last night, the crew headed to star-gaze and captured some cool Martian night view. All crew returned to the hab to wind down, until the lights were turned off for the night and everybody went to bed. We started our day around 7:30 AM. Ian made scrambled eggs for everyone, and Rashi made coffee. Today was Spruha’s day for the morning song with a 4/4 guess from the crew members (yay us!). After breakfast and cleanup, it was time for Ian, Hunter, and Spruha for EVA 3. EVA 3 included the three crew members going to Marble Ritual for Spruha’s initiation to Mars. EVA 3 than left for the Candor’s Chasma for some geological research. The crew took several useful measurements, so much so that Sol 2 was announced “Cool, Let’s Spool!”. The EVA crew then hiked down the valley and collected some cool rocks for research before heading back to the Hab in their rovers. Peter, Monish, and Rashi from within the habitat were on communications and kept checking on the EVA crew. Monish prepped some very stressed lentils for lunch with rice, which were supplemented by last night’s Mac and Cheese. After lunch, we participated in a group exercise by Peter, who gave us two puzzles to evaluate how we work together as a team as a part of his research. Turns out, Crew 305 cannot yet work together (despite no time-limit, the team could not complete the puzzles). Afterwards, the team wound down. Hunter headed to the Green-Hab to check on the crops and set up his research, which is when we experienced our first brownout before we completely lost power. Mission support was on a 2-hour communication break but were able to receive our request and act on it. Power was restored by switching power to the generator. Power came back – but we struggled with the living room light, which continues to flicker despite our best efforts. It’s gotten worse. Rashi and Spruha headed out to the RAM to work on their research: Rashi started documenting the different tools and resources in the Han and took some notes on them, while Spruha set up her rover parts to begin rover assembly. The power went out again. The RAM crew headed back to the Hab, and waited until the power was restored. Once the power came back, Rashi and Spruha headed back to the RAM to clean up the work for the day. Monish joined in later to start the work on sensors for his research until 7 PM when all crew came back to the Hab to report to the Mission Support. From the Crew Journalist, today was a good day; we’re all still alive. Hopefully we continue to stay cool, and spool.