Here is our Journalism report for today.
Strangers to Martians
When we started the Mars mission just a few Sols ago each of us was almost a complete stranger to rest with almost no idea of what we had really signed ourselves up for and now after 5 days in each other’s constant company we have become a true Mars crew. Our crew bonded through the endless training on Sol 0 and then sorting through that same information to determine our crew responsibilities on Sol 1. We got to work with each other to solve problems on EVAs, learning more about each other each time we were paired with someone new. We did daily activities together and exchanged ideas on life habits like how we each like to exercise or how our crew scientist likes to eat random handfuls of spinach to hit her daily veggie count (it’s honestly better than one might expect). We had casual conversations about our lives and our individual research and played games like Pictionary that resulted in an abundance of laughs. We vlogged our Martian cooking, including a few mishaps, and tried lots of dehydrated food for the first time. We gazed up at the stars and wondered whether we could ever explore the entirety of our vast universe. And now on Sol 5 as we approach the end of our mission, we’re conducting our final EVA’s; cleaning the hab; and savoring our last moments on Mars.