HMP Research Station | Haughton-Mars Project: HMP Research Station Status Report

The DAME team, Brian Glass (NASA Ames), Sarah Thompson (NASA Ames), Sarah Huffman (NASA Ames), Shannon Statham (Georgia Tech) and Joanna Cohen (Honeybee Robotics) worked all morning and afternoon at the DAME site, setting up lasers, running diagnostics, integrating and testing software. They completed a pilot hole with the core sampler and are on schedule.

Also at the DAME site, Steve Baird (UBC) helped with the repeater link, Katsak Manik (from Resolute) helped with the generator, and Nick Wilkinson (HMP Project Manager) helped at the site as well.

Jesse Weaver, the camp technician, was the mock patient in the medical tent today. Dr's Dr. Jean-Marc Comtois (Head, Operational Space Medicine, CSA) and Dr. Christian Otto (Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa) performed a thyroid ultrasound with telementoring from Houston.

Dr. Vince Pisacane, the R. A. Heinlein Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the US Naval Academy, traversed to the center of Haughton Crater to set up his radiation experiment in the same location as before. Jarloo Kiguktak and his son Joseph Atchealak (from Grise Fiord) led the traverse, along with [yours truly] Elaine Walker (EPO, Mars Institute) who interviewed Dr. Piscane at the site, Dr. Christian Otto, and camp cooks Mike Langenhan and Mia Bourne.

Even though Mike and Mia were traversing a good part of the day, they managed to present us with a wonderful dinner of salmon, which came in three varieties, along with rice and vegetables. As usual, there were several delicious deserts to choose from.

Photo Set: HMP RS - July 26, 2008

"HMP7SFU Portable Elaine out and clear"