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Journalist Report – March 10th

Crew 206 – 03/10/2019

Sol 14

Author : Benjamin Auzou, Journalist

"A different day"

Since the beginning of our mission, the days are busy, and follow a
heavy routine. Today it was a pleasure to live and think differently and
we needed that to prepare the last week of the mission. However it’s
harder to find inspiration in those days.

The daylight savings time spoiled a part of the day. We woke up between
0900 and 1000, we had lunch at 1400 : a perturbed day. We had a big
breakfast with a new pancake recipe and spent more time speaking at the
table than on week days. Then while Norbert was baking bread, we watched
a movie, debated on the place of humour in societies, played VR games
and cards.

In days-off, time is different. Indeed we are not under a planning, our
tasks aren’t planned. And so we are taking more time to cook, more time
to speak, more time to play, more time for everything, more time for us.
Time is a precious value, especially on Mars, where Earth is at around
15 minutes of light speed communication, at months of space travel. Also
on Mars the question of day duration is important : Will the settlers
live on 24 hours cycle or will they adapt their way of life to the
martian 24 hours and 40 minutes cycle?

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Operations Report – March 10th

Crew 206 Operations Report 10 – MAR – 2019

SOL: 14

Name of person filing report: Gaspard Thieulin

Non-nominal systems: Generator

Notes on non-nominal systems: Radiator hoses and
alternator need replacement on generator. A contractor has
been arranged to make these repairs within a few days.

Generator (hours run): 14,2 hours

Solar— SOC % – Turned off at 100%, Turned on at 78% (20h00?)

Diesel Reading – 60%
Propane Reading – 76%

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 2 gallons

Water (Auxillary tank) – Not in use

Water (Static tank) – 375 gallons

Water differential (static tank) – 10 gallons

Gallons transferred: Not Applicable

Water in GreenHab – 221,6 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 0141721,5 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: No

Deimos rover used: No, still not functional

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR

Hours: Not Applicable

Beginning charge: Not Applicable

Ending charge: Not Applicable

Currently charging: Not Applicable

Opportunity rover used: Breaking system being repared.

Hours: 53,1 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: No

Curiosity rover used: Not Used

Hours: 78.2 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Spirit rover used: Not Used

Hours: 81,2 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: Opportunity’s brake fluid is empty, it looks like the
pipeline has a leak. Atila is working on it, more informations will follow.

ATV’s Used: N/A

Reason for use: Not used

Oil Added? N/A

ATV Fuel Used: N/A

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: None

Notes on ATVs: None

Hab Car used and why, where? Not Used.

Staff Crew Car used and why, where? Off Campus

General notes and comments: Nothing to report.

Summary of internet: Nothing to report.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report.

Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of Green Hab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of Science Dome operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Nothing more to report.

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Greenhab Report – March 10th

Crew 206 Green Hab Report – 10-MAR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Norbert Poussin

Environmental control: Heating and Cooling w/ ambient air (8 hrs)

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low: 17.7°C

High: 29.1°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0 Hours

Daily water usage for crops: 4.4 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 221.6 gallons

Crops watered at 0930 hours (2.2 gallons) and 1730 hours (2.2 gallons):

TIME NOTED TEMPERATURE(° C ) / HUMIDITY(%)

1) 09.30 AM 21.1° C / 31 %
2) 13.30 AM 26.1° C / 20 %
3) 15.00 PM 25.5° C / 20 %
4) 17.30 PM 20.1° C / 22 %

Changes to crops: I removed the cucumbers.

Narrative: Today was day off, I only watered the plants. Door was opened
from 9h30 to 17h30.
I will plant new peas tomorrow.

Harvest: None.

Support/supplies needed: None.

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Sol Summary – March 10th

Crew 206 March 10th 2019 Sol 14

Summary Title : Light (and rest) saving day

Author : Jeremy Auclair

Mission Status : All nominal

Sol Activity Summary : Today was our rest day, se didn’t put any alarms
for waking up, with the day light saving hour change we woke up around
09-10:00 am to have breakfast. It feels really good to take a day off
and not follow any schedule. We spent most of the day playing cards and
talking, we saw a funny stupid movie before lunch. We will be much more
efficient and motivated tomorrow and the rest of the day. As every day
we had our debating time, that was about humour and its impacts on the
society for today.

Our Crew writer explained us his plan for our Crew post mission video
and we have started the shootings today.

Look ahead plan : This week we have to plan an EVA to bring the LOAC out
of the station again, we have gathered enough data inside the station.

Anomalies in work : None

Weather : Cloudy all day with a few sunshines

Crew physical status : Fine

EVA : None

Reports to be filed : GreenHab, Journalist, Operation, EVA Request

Support Requested : None

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Operations Report – March 9th

Crew 206 Operations Report 09 – MAR – 2019

SOL: 13

Name of person filing report: Gaspard Thieulin

Non-nominal systems: Generator

Notes on non-nominal systems: Radiator hoses and alternator need replacement on the generator. A contractor has been arranged to make these repairs within a few days.

Generator (hours run): 13,5 hours

Solar— SOC % – Turned off at 80%, Turned on at 73% (18h44)

Diesel Reading – 60%
Propane Reading – 76%

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 2 gallons

Water (Auxillary tank) – Not in use

Water (Static tank) – 375 gallons

Water differential (static tank) – 13 gallons

Gallons transferred: Not Applicable

Water in GreenHab – 226 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 0141711.2 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: Yes

Deimos rover used: No, still not functional
Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR

Hours: Not Applicable

Beginning charge: Not Applicable

Ending charge: Not Applicable

Currently charging: Not Applicable

Opportunity rover used: Breaking system tested.
Hours: 53,1 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: No

Curiosity rover used: Used
Hours: 78.2 hours

Beginning charge: 90%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Spirit rover used: Used
Hours: 72,2 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 72 %

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: Opportunity’s brake fluid is empty, it looks like the pipeline has a leak. Atila is working on it; more information will follow.

ATV’s Used: N/A

Reason for use: Not used

Oil Added? N/A

ATV Fuel Used: N/A

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: None

Notes on ATVs: None

Hab Car used and why, where? Used by Staff.

Staff Crew Car used and why, where? Off-Campus

General notes and comments: Nothing to report.

Summary of internet: Internet access fixed! Thank you again, Bernard.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report.

Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of Green Hab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of Science Dome operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

Questions, concerns, and requests to Mission Support: Nothing more to report.

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EVA Report – March 9th

Crew 206 EVA Report 09-MAR-2019
EVA #9

Author: Norbert Pouzin

Purpose of EVA:

The purpose of this EVA was to test our new ‘SUPAERO spacesuit’ on a short exploration EVA, at Kissing Camels Ridge West.

After our EVA #6 where we tested it near the Hab and made basic nominal checking, we wanted to go further.

What will be tested with the new spacesuit:
– Ability to drive a rover
– Ability to walk for more than an hour
– Testing its autonomy
– Making little sample returns (rocks), to test the storage of the spacesuit

Start time: 9:11 am

End time: 10:49 am

Narrative: This morning we decided that this EVA would be safe to conduct, as there were no wind nor rain. So we left airlock at 9:11 to go to Kissing Camels Ridges, with Curiosity and Spirit.

This EVA was made to test our new prototype, the ‘SUPAERO spacesuit’.

Thus, I wore it for the EVA, as I had already worn it for the last EVA with the spacesuit (EVA#6), to do several tests.

The first thing we tested was my ability to conduct a rover, here Spirit, with the spacesuit. All went well since we had added a little cushion to support the weight of my backpack.

Then, we arrived at 9:29 at Kissing Camel Ridge, and started exploration, for more than an hour. I was able to walk that long, supporting the backpack, and the prototype proved us that it had enough autonomy to do such exploration.

It appeared that with this spacesuit, there is no fog at all on the helmet, but also that it is more tiresome to wear.

Aurélien also did some samples returns, for an educational project for a primary French school.

We came back to the hab at 10:49, after a successful EVA.

Destination: Kissing Camel Ridge

Coordinates: 518300/4249300 (Kissing Camels Ridges)

EVA Participants: Norbert Pouzin (GHO, EVA leader), Aurélien Mure (XO), Jeremy Auclair (CMD), Cerise Cuny (HSO).

Roads and routes per MDRS Map: Entrance Road, Cow Dung Road

Mode of travel: Driving and Walking

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Greenhab Report – March 9th

Crew 206 Green Hab Report – 09-MAR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Norbert Pouzin

Environmental control: Heating and Cooling w/ ambient air (3 hrs)

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low: 17.6°C

High: 28.9°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0 Hours

Daily water usage for crops: 6.5 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 226.0 gallons

Crops watered at 0830 hours (2.2 gallons) and 1830 hours (4.3 gallons):

TIME NOTED TEMPERATURE(° C ) / HUMIDITY(%)

1) 08.30 AM 19.1° C / 28 %
2) 11.30 AM 22.5° C / 26 %
3) 15.00 PM 26.1° C / 20 %
4) 18.30 PM 21.6° C / 22 %

Changes to crops: Tomatoes planted last week are starting sprouting (3 seeds sprouted)!

Narrative:

Since we put the mercury thermometer in the Greenhab, it is easier to monitor the heat. I opened the door from 0830 to 1130, and it was not really hot in the afternoon.

I did my experiment this afternoon and made some interesting observations about my radishes, I will see in the next days how it goes.

Harvest: None.

Support/supplies needed: None.

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Journalist Report – March 9th

Crew 206 – 03/09/2019

Sol 13

Authors : Jérémy Auclair, Commander and Benjamin Auzou, Journalist

"Martian Parliament"

Life is often made of compromises and debates. It’s important for the development of a society that people listen to each other’s points of view and take things into account to make the best choices. Even more in a mission like ours were a little number of people have to live together in a confined environment and take important decisions. It’s essential for everyone to share his/her experience and opinion to help the community.

The question of Mars and the exploration of outer space are also an open debate: How to deal with planets’ exploitation? Which laws apply to Mars? What authority will Earth have on a Mars colony? How to define the status of the settlers? There are many unanswered questions that have to be addressed before planning the first manned mission to Mars.

Since the beginning of the mission, we have spent more and more time debating, on various subjects and with different and interesting opinions. It’s a very entertaining activity, with an open mind it’s a great opportunity to learn new facts and to take a step back and see a little more of the whole picture. We have covered a wide range of
subjects. But one thing we have noticed since the middle of our second week is that our reactions have changed during our debates.

All crewmembers are getting more and more emotionally engaged in the debates, react stronger to the opposition and have more difficulty to overcome differences of opinions or ideology. We are all conscious of the effect confinement and isolation have on our social interactions, we see that we react differently to things we are very used to, but it is
still hard to control our responses. But we have prepared ourselves for that, we managed a wide range of situations before the mission that linked us strongy together, and we have the great tendency of laughing things out, which helps to take a step back.

Today was full of successes: we completed the second full Teleop
session (and first in the planned configuration), Norbert observed the
first results of his radiations and music on plants experiments,

Gaspard managed to debug the EVA tracking app he is working on, I baked two delicious cakes, we realized the first long EVA with our spacesuit and Cerise’s counting on Aquapad were interesting today.

However, a disastrous event broke that series of achievements: Gaspard tried to prepare a corn bread, and he is definitely better at engineering than baking…

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