Journalist report sol 10
We’re in the Stargate scene of 2001, in which the mission seems to be moving both slowly and at warp speed as we careen toward sol 13 and our flights out of Grand Junction—or, for our Commander, the drive out in the RV. Today got appropriately stormy after 2pm, which messed with our wifi and made everything feel more at the mercy of the planet’s whims. (Not much compared to a dust storm.)
Two EVAs took most of us to Candor Chasma, where first our Engineer and HSO made a powerful technological collaboration happen: a drone flight that captured the engineer while he 3D scanned rocks and uploaded them to the cloud with Starlink. At the end of their EVA, our Crew Artist joined them outside to recreate the famous Alan Shepard golf photo, using a club constructed by the Engineer with a broom handle and duct tape. On the second EVA, the Commander and Journalist also headed to Candor Chasma. They ventured in for their projects but also paid attention to some odd, marble-like rock (gypsum?) and a plant whose seed pods looked like desert grapes. Meanwhile, the Engineer seemed to fix everything at the Hab, including an airlock door bolt and malfunctioning suits.
Knowing that we’ll start tearing down the GreenHab tomorrow, the Journalist/GreenHab officer snipped the microgreens and herbs to spare. Those went with chicken salad on leftover and only slightly stale tortillas, and our HSO made another experimental fruit bread—strawberry, very successfully. We also have funfetti cake and brownies, and there may be another dessert prepared tomorrow. We have to “leave it all on the floor.”