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Astronomy Report – February 22nd

Astronomy Report

Name: Eishi Kim
Crew: 222
Date: 2/22/2020

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14

Objects to be Imaged this Evening: All pending observations are now complete. Will continue working on the research project despite bad weather, with newly requested observations of NGC 4618, NGC 5047, NGC 4559, NGC 3521, NGC 4569, NGC 4725, NGC 3675, NGC 4579, NGC 4636.

Images submitted with this report: None

Problems Encountered: None

MUSK OBSERVATORY

Solar Features Observed: N/A

Images submitted with this report: N/A

Problems Encountered: N/A

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EVA Report – February 22nd

Crew 222 EVA Report 22-02-2020
EVA # 7
Author: Benjamin Auzou (CO)

Purpose of EVA: Replacement of the battery of MegaAres. The goal is to have a full battery before the rain episode so that the experiment can stay alive, even if no EVA is possible due to the rain or the mud on Sunday.

Start time: 9:31pm
End time: 10:04pm

Narrative: Everything went just fine. We rapidly changed the battery and assure the waterproofness of the experiment.

Destination: Experiments Site.
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): 12S 0518494-4250679
Participants: Benjamin Auzou (CO, EVA Leader), Marie Bochard (Journalist)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Entrance road – Cow Dung Road
Mode of travel: Rover – Curiosity

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Journalist Report – February 22nd

Crew 222 Journalist Report 22Feb2020
Author: Marie Bochard, Crew Journalist
Sol 6
Title: Rainy day

In the prevision of rain, Benjamin and I went on EVA this morning to change the MegaARES’ battery in the hope that it will last for two days. We were very efficient, and after only 30 minutes we were back in the Hab.

Bleuenn took the time today to start her experiment “music for plants”,
in continuation of a similar experiment the crew 206 did last year. The
goal is to study the influence of music on plants’ ability to resist UV
radiation. This radiation will be very problematic on Mars if the
habitats are on the surface of the planet, hence the need to find ways
to protect or enhance the plants’ resistance.

Special sounds can inhibit genes that code for UV protection, hence the music (of course, it is a series of notes, not actual songs!). In 50 Petri dishes, she planted more than 500 watercress seeds, a plant that resembles salad.

Crew 223 will continue the experiment, so we are hoping to see promising results!

As the weather forecasted, this afternoon it began to rain. Thankfully,
it won’t rain on Mars…

We all kept quiet during the relaxation session, and we heard nothing
but the sound of raindrops falling on the roof. For those of us who live
in the city, it never gets this quiet and peaceful. We really feel cut
off from civilization, and it’s a great feeling. Not having to worry
about looking at our phones for messages or news is relaxing. We only have to communicate between ourselves, and speaking face to face is much nicer than waiting alone behind a phone.

Today my inspiration goes towards poetry. Rain is very poetic, and I
wanted to transmit that through Haikus. Haikus are Japanese poems
written with a simple rule for the number of syllables in each verse: 5
– 7 – 5.

Raindrops fall in peace
Nature always has her way
Keeping us quiet

Breathing in and out
Looking out the small window
Red sand in the rain

Standing in the rain
Nothing matters like you do
Alone with your thoughts

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Operations Report – February 22nd

Crew 222 Operations Report 02/22/2020

SOL: 6

Name of person filing report: Valentin PRUDHOMME

Non-nominal systems: N/A

Notes on non-nominal systems: N/A

Friday generator:
Off at 6:30 am
On at 9:00 pm SOC was 80%

Saturday generator:
Off at 5:30 am
On at 5:00 pm SOC was 81%

Diesel Reading – 74%

Station Propane Reading – 31% (refill asked)

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 0.5 gallons

Water (loft tank): 50 gallons

Water Meter: 149408.46 units

Water (static tank) – 339 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – 89 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: no

Deimos rover used: no
Hours: 146.2
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR
Hours: N/A
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: N/A

Spirit rover: no
Hours: 132.4
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no
Hours: 69.9
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: yes
Hours: 138.3
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 94%
Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: N/A

ATV’s Used: yes
Reason for use: Run during the engineer EVA for the battery.
Oil Added? no
ATV Fuel Used: N/A
Hours the ATVs were Used today: 5 minutes
Notes on ATVs: The second one from the Hab doesn’t have any more battery. It’s planned to be fixed by Dr. Rupert on Sunday.

HabCar used and why, where? The habcar broke down on 02/18/2020. It’s parked at Bull Mountain Market.

CrewCar used and why, where? N/A

General notes and comments: N/A

Summary of internet: Since 10 am this morning, we can connect to the wifi but it directly opens an internet page saying: "you failed to access the web page that you want to view." no matter the page we want to load.

Summary of suits and radios: Suits 7 and 9 used and radio tested for the EVA.

Summary of Hab operations: N/A

Summary of GreenHab operations: N/A

Summary of ScienceDome operations: N/A

Summary of RAM operations: N/A

Summary of any observatory issues: N/A

Summary of health and safety issues: N/A

Questions, concerns, and requests to Mission Support: N/A

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Sol Summary – February 22nd

Crew 222 Sol Summary Report 22-02-2020
Sol:6
Summary Title: Safe in the Hab
Author’s name: Benjamin Auzou

Mission Status: Experiments outside safe and science inside running

Sol Activity Summary:

In the morning, we prepared the short EVA, whose goal was to replace the battery of MegaAres.

The afternoon was dedicated to activities and experiments in the MDRS Campus.

Look Ahead Plan:

Tomorrow, we will stay in the Hab because of the rain and the mud. This Sunday was supposed to be a day-off in our planning, so we will spend less time on experiments, but because today was very calm, without a long EVA, we will continue some experiments work.

Anomalies in work: Internet issues since 10 am
Weather: cloudy, started raining at 5 pm
Crew Physical Status: one crewmember suffers from a shoulder pain
EVA: MegaAres battery replacement

Reports to be filed: Journalist report, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Astronomy Report, EVA Report
Support Requested: Water in the GreenHab Tank

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Astronomy Report – February 21st

Astronomy Report

Name: Eishi Kim
Crew: 222
Date: 2/21/2020

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14

Objects to be Imaged this Evening: Tonight will be dedicated to the research project. In addition to the already active observations, NGC2403 is joining the queue.

Images submitted with this report: Attached is the final picture of M42 imaged by the MDRS-WF last night, obtained after some time learning and tweaking on Photoshop. Hope I got it quite right on this first attempt!

Problems Encountered:
– Some frames from last night had white lines crossing the field, as shown in the attached image of M101 on the Red filter. In this case, there were 4 exposures on the Red filter with the same line at the same place, which makes me believe it was not a plane or a satellite flying over us.
– A minor issue on Photoshop: I could not find the Camera raw filter menu as indicated in the Color imaging quick guide, p.12. Is there a way of making it active?

MUSK OBSERVATORY

Solar Features Observed: N/A

Images submitted with this report: N/A

Problems Encountered: N/A

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EVA Report – February 21st

Crew 222 EVA Report 21-02-2020
EVA # 5
Author: Nina SEDBON (Scientist)
Purpose of EVA: Change the Batteries if the LOAC and the MegaAres. Explore the white Moon site.
Start time: 9:15
End time: 11:16

Narrative: Everything went just fine. It was very cold on the rovers to go the exploration site. We changed the batteries rapidly because we gain efficiency day after day.
After that we drove to the white moon. There, we reached a little panorama on a hill. It was amazing to look quietly at the landscape. It was as if we were actually on another planet. The colorful traces of mud were very artistic. It appeased us to feel the outside, although we were wearing our flight suits.
The rovers lost their batteries quite rapidly, so we had to be careful about that.
Destination: Experiments Site. White Moon
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): 0518494-4250679 and 12S 517800-4254500
Participants: Nina SEDBON (Scientist) – Nicolas BOURDEAUD (HSO) – Bleuenn ROIRON (GreenHab officer) – Eishi KIM (Astronomer)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road
Mode of travel: Rovers – Deimos and Spirit

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Science Report – February 21st

SOL 5

Crew 222 Science Report

Author : Nina SEDBON

Title : How experiments are going

– LOAC : Everything works just fine. We just took the LOAC back for the next day (or days ?) because of the rain expected. We are sending the first results tomorrow.

– MegaAres : We sent the first measures and it is coherent. That is a good start.

– Music for Plants : GreenHab officer prepared the gelatin boxes for the experiment and planted the seeds. We divided the boxes into three samples : with stimulating music, with inhibiting music, without music. Because of the temperature, we will have to put the boxes in the Science Dome.

– AeroSpring : The roots starts sprouting out of the moss, it is very exciting ! We also put the same seeds into plastic boxes in order to make a comparison with gelatin based garden and moss garden. We found out that the GreenHab was actually to hot for the gelatin to solidify. We have to put them in the Science Dome.

– The LCVG : All the fixing are almost done, espcially the sewing ones that took more time than expected.

– Water Consumption : We received the screen. The system works, we are oing to put in place in the next fex days.

– Human Factors: The entire crew takes a lot of pleasures with the experiments. We are actually playing games together. It has a positive impact on the group.

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