0325-CommandersReport

Greetings Mission Support,

Commander Report Crew 166:

Mathieu Roiseux

Sol 5

Earth date: 25/03/16

This night, we tried to use the CCD to take pictures with the

telescope. Unfortunately, we failed to connect the dome and the

telescope together. The programs on the MUSK observatory need this

connection so we were not able to use it properly. All our experiment

to make it work finished when the dome refuse to close due to a lack

of power.

This morning, three persons went on EVA. They moved the first emitter

placed by Gregory because it was not placed somewhere we shall go

often. Julie took some earth to make a small experiment in biology. It

consist in making grow radishes in grounds of coffee and a mix of

grounds of coffee and Martian earth. Bertrand continued to try

deferent way to use his antenna.

This afternoon the wind waked up and when it blows really fast, the

HAB is moving a bit. It seems like the microwave and other stuff on

the shelves are alive. The weather will be worst this night giving

time to our astronomer to rest.

I forgot to mention it in my previous report but we won’t do the Nasa

experiment. Some of our really doesn’t want to participate and the

other think that it’s too late to start it because we should have

begun five days before our arrival. Heidi’s experiment is however

planned for tomorrow.

From Crew 166; MDRS Martian Outpost

Crew Commander

Mathieu

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