Commander Report
03/14/2013
Humberto De Las Casas
Crew got up early, had breakfast and we planned our day. We started our second EVA with the ATVs. The
preparation was not as long as yesterday's EVA. We decided to go first to the farthest waypoint
because we did not find the way for the other. When we were coming back to go to our second waypoint
we looked for the way one more time, however we didn't find the road so we had to come back to the
Hab. We lost communication in many parts of the way but we recovered it a few minutes after. We took
advantage of these EVA to know a little more about our surroundings. We made little changes for our
project a.k.a. Barsoom using Bluetooth. We made improvements to the stretcher's adaptor for ATVs. It
is much better now. We fixed the Green Hab's door (covered the holes) and cleaned and vacuumed the
Hab. We are spending good times together while we are eating. We enjoy talking and learning from each
other’s. We will be eating dinner soon. Every day we want to watch movies, but fatigue is always
against us. Now, we will go to sleep in a few hours in order to have another excellent day. We are in
good conditions physically and emotionally because we are doing some physical exercises and having
enjoyable moments which make us happy and excited. We did not have any accidents today and we hope to
keep in the same situation during the time we are here in the station.
Humberto De las Casas
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CommanderCheckIn Report
03/14/2013
Humberto De Las Casas
Crew Physical Health:
All are well.
Eva Depart Time:
10:45
Eva Return Time:
12:45
Narrative Of Field Mission Results:
We started our second EVA with the ATVs. The preparation was not as long as yesterday's EVA.
We decided to go first to the farthest waypoint because we did not find the way for the other.
When we were coming back to go to our second waypoint we looked for the way one more time, however we didn't find the road so we had to come back to the Hab.
We lost communication in many parts of the way but we recovered it a few minutes after.
We took advantage of these EVA to know a little more about our surroundings.
Hab Maint:
We made improvements to the stretcher's adaptor for ATVs. It is much better now.
We fixed the Green Hab's door (covered the holes).
Cleaned and vacuumed the Hab.
Rep Sched:
None
Tomorrow Plan:
Identify preliminary locations where we may be able to perform some emergency EVAs
• Rough terrain (i.e. frequent rocks, slopes, etc) – For large wheel transportation back to the Hab.
• Medium terrain (i.e. less frequent rocks, some slopes) – For large wheel transportation back to the Hab.
• Flat/smooth terrain (i.e. no rocks, no slopes) – For large wheel transportation back to the Hab.
• Smooth terrain hill – Need a sloped hill, approximately 30 degrees. We’ll using the small wheels to pull the stretcher up an approximately 50 ft slope.
Inventory:
We did not do it today.
Support Req:
None
Miscelleneous:
Everybody is ok.
Humberto De las Casas