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Commander Report – March 30th

Crew 227 Commander Report 30th March 2022
SOL: 3
Name of person filing report: Cyril Wain

Sunny day today!

As usual, our day started at 8h00 with breakfast. This time we had breakfast with frosted flakes and dry milk. It was hard for the team to take only one cup of it. At the same time, Julien gave a look at the data of the polysomnographs taken during the night. Apparently, I snored 1453 times during the night. Hopefully, for my crew, I am isolated in my commander’s bedroom.

Around 09h00, we took some pictures of the team and other ones for some of our sponsors.

Between 11h00 and 12h00, Julie created a third crisis situation. This time, it was Julien and Audrey against Ignacio and me. Ignacio did really a great job there! On the other side, Julien was a bit disappointed with his result. One more point for the engineering team!!

At 12h, we had lunch. We ate some beans, peppers, tomatoes, carrots with some bread. This time the flour of the bread was replaced in part with flour of worms. The visual was identical to a classic bread and I have to say that the taste was quite similar as well. Everyone on the team appreciated it!

Between 13h00 and 16h00, Julien, Jean, Julie, Ignacio, and Audrey went out for an EVA. They started to work on my antenna in front of the science dome so I was able to guide them. They did an amazing job and I thank them so much for that! Then, they went around North Bridge to do some exploration and to place some samples for Audrey’s experiment.
During that time, Cheyenne, Sirga, and I worked on our personal experiment.

At 17h00, we gave a look at the pictures taken by the EVA crew of the day. It is just amazing how pretty is our Martian environment!

Around 18h00, we worked on our reports as well as on our own experiments.

Tonight, we plan to eat some potatoes with the rest of the vegetables and to play some board games.

This is it for today.

Martianly yours,
Tharsis commander

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Sol Summary – March 30th

Crew 227 Sol Summary Report 30-03-22
Sol: 3

Summary Title: A successful EVA under inside instruction.
Author’s name: Jean Jacobs (XO)

Mission Status: The crew is getting more and more comfortable in its new environment.

Sol activity summary:

09:00 Breakfast and 3D printing of the new stove knob
10:00 Team “anatomy” and “mechanics” facing in Julie’s experiment
12:30 Lunch
13:15 Departure on EVA of 5 crew members
14:00 Cheyenne checked the environmental parameters in her experiment, Cyril calibrated his radar
16:00 Return from EVA crew
18:00 Report redaction and correction
19:00 Capcom
20:00 Dinner

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny day

Crew Physical Status: The crew is in shape

EVA: EVA to North Ridge

Reports to be filed:
– Crew commander
– Journalist
– GreenHab officer
– Engineer
– EVA report
– HSO
– Astronomer
– EVA request
– Some pictures
– Picture of the day
– Mission plan

Support Requested: None at this time

Sincerely,
Jean Jacobs

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EVA Report – March 30th

Crew 227 EVA report 30/03/2022
EVA #4
Author: Jean Jacobs

Purpose of EVA: Placing Audrey’s cuvettes outside, placing Cyril’s antenna on Perseverance, and exploring North Ridge

Start time: 13:15 pm
End time: 16:00 pm

Narrative: The five crew members placed the Opportunity and Perseverance in front of the science dome window and transferred Cyril’s antenna from one to the other following his instructions. In the meanwhile, Jean and Audrey placed 10 cuvettes under Martian conditions. After that, the group went up to North Ridge and proceeded to an exploration of the surroundings finding what could be an interesting flat region for Cyril’s radar experiment.

Destination: North Ridge
Coordinates: 518500 E 4251500 N
Participants: Ignacio, Julie, Audrey, Julien, and Jean
Roads and routes per MDRS map: Cow Dung Road 0110
Mode of travel: Rovers Opportunity, Curiosity, and Spirit

Sincerely,
Jean Jacobs

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Supplemental Operations Report – March 30th

Supplemental Operations Report 30 Mar 2022

Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report?…!!!

Action taken for non-nominal systems: n/a

Generator: Still being manually run at night.

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Charge controllers off at night.

Solar— Nominal

Notes on power system: Nothing to report

Propane Reading, station tank – 60%

Propane Reading, director tank— 62% (This is higher that my last reading)

Propane Reading, intern tank— 72%

Propane Reading, generator— 49%

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 0.5 gallons.

Water (Outpost tank) – 50 gallons

Sojourner rover used: no

Hours: 167.5

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: There is no available distilled water in town.
ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 300): none

Reason for use: n/a

Oil Added? No.

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used: 0 hours

Notes on ATVs: Honda’s flat tire has not yet been taken for repair.

HabCar used and why, where? Yes, to town for garbage and water runs

CrewCar used and why, where? Driven to MDRS by the crew. Needs an oil change and tires rotated. I will go to Grand Junction next week to do these things.

Luna used and why, where? Yes, to town

Campus wide inspection, if action taken, what and why? Nothing to report.

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of general operations: Nothing to report

Summary of internet: Nothing to report

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations: The crew replaced one of the broken knobs on the stove with one that they 3D printed. It looks awesome. There are currently two broken knobs, so hopefully, they will be able to print another one during their time here.

Summary of Outpost operations: Nothing to report

Summary of GreenHab operations: The crew is using the GreenHab for space, but it is not being climate controlled.

Summary of ScienceDome 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: I am concerned that the broken stair on the lower deck staircase may break completely by the end of the season. It will require welding repairs before next season.

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Operations Report – March 30th

Crew 227 Operations Report 30-03-2022

SOL:3

Name of person filing report: Julien Meert

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Notes on non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: Use for EVA
Hours: 164
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 92
Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: Yes
Hours: 91
Beginning charge:100%
Ending charge: 94
Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes
Hours: 179
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 92
Currently charging: Yes

Perseverance rover used: No
Hours: I will check tomorrow
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: Plugged in
Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: As you can see in the photo we repair the stove knob

Summary of Hab operations : Nothing to report

WATER USE:

Water (static tank): 388 gallons
Water (loft tank): 22 gallons
Water Meter: 1571300 units

Static to Loft Pump used: 27 gallons
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): Off
Static tank heater Off

Toilet tank emptied: No

Summary of internet: Stable

Summary of suits and radios: The ventilator of the one-piece switch seems not to work even charge.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Out of Service

WATER USE: 0 gallons
Heater: Off
Supplemental light: Off
Harvest: 0

Summary of ScienceDome operations: We put some plants on the front of the window
Dual split: Off

Summary of RAM operations: We try the Dremel yesterday but we were not able due to missing pieces. There is also a battery of the drill machine that is empty and the charger is also missing.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Not especially.

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Sol Summary – March 25th

Crew 264 Sol Summary Report 3-25-22

Sol: 6

Summary Title: Discussion of medical futility

Author’s name: Arian Anderson

Mission Status: Tragedy struck

Sol Activity Summary: EVA took a turn when a crew member suffered from a simulated cardiac arrest. There were multiple simulated injured patients but the patient in the simulated arrest did not "survive". Everything possible was done and the crew is devastated.

Look Ahead Plan: Tonight is movie night and planning for evac in the am

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Started getting hot

Crew Physical Status: Improving on idea of going home

EVA: See above

Reports to be file: Operations Report

Support Requested: None at this time.

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Operations Report – March 25th

Crew 264 Operations Report 25-03-2022

SOL: 6

Name of person filing report: Arian Anderson

Non-nominal systems: None

Notes on non-nominal systems: None

ROVERS

Spirit rover used:

Hours: 162

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 75

Currently charging: No

Opportunity rover used:

Hours: 91

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 76

Currently charging: No

Curiosity rover used:

Hours: 177

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 73

Currently charging: No

Perseverance rover used:

Hours: 233

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 70

Currently charging: No

General notes and comments: None

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 40 gallons (25 people)

Water (static tank): ~425 gallons

Water (loft tank): 90 gallons

Water Meter: 157230.4 units

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): Off

Static tank heater (On or off): Off

Toilet tank emptied: Yes

Summary of internet: Connected to the internet

Summary of suits and radios: All working well

Summary of GreenHab operations: N/A not in use

WATER USE: gallons

Heater: On or Off

Supplemental light: On or Off

Harvest:

Summary of ScienceDome operations: None

Dual split: Heat or AC, On or Off

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: None

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Crew 264 Sol Summary Report 3-24-22

Sol: 5

Summary Title: We searched and we found

Author’s name: Ben Easter

Mission Status: 3rd Quarter but no syndrome!

Sol Activity Summary: We performed an EVA with a simulated search and rescue with multiple casualties. The team learned important lessons about management of complex incidents, leadership, and staying safe in the field.

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow is our final EVA and our final day in sim

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny and warm- a beautiful day!

Crew Physical Status: Overall good. Some mild ailments for several crew members.

EVA: See above

Reports to be file: Operations Report

Support Requested: None at this time.