Daily Report: BBC, Space Suit and Simulated Air Lock, CRUX Drill
Photo Set: HMP RS - July 23, 2009
The Hamilton Sundstrand team, Addy Overbeeke and Montira Satienpoch, supported the BBC film crew, providing them with shots of Dr Pascal Lee (Director, HMP / NASA Ames, Mars Institute, SETI Institute) wearing the space suit. BBC also filmed the Mars-1 Humvee Rover with the space suit attached to the simulated airlock. Addy and Montira completed the resizing modifications for Dr Mark Helper (Geologist, MMAMA) who is 6'4", and finished the latching mechanisms for the simulated pressurized bulkhead door on the Rover.
Dr Stephen Braham (SFU / HMP Associate Director) is setting up a repeater to allow network communication with Drill Hill. The Drilling Automation team, Dr Brian Glass an Dr Sarah Thompson (both of NASA Ames), bore a hole 1.5 meters with the CRUX drill.
Dr Tim Barfoot (PI, UTIAS) and his team continued their activities, taking the robot on a five kilometer route near the HMP Research Station, and collecting lidar and GPR data for a good part of the day near Lake Orbiter.
The staff at HMP is working hard supporting the Research Station's daily activities, managed by John Schutt (HMP Base Camp Manager), allowing the researchers to focus on their science. Camp cook, Mike Langenhan, cooked some simulated chicken and rosemary potatoes for a delicious analog dinner.
Photo Set: HMP RS - July 23, 2009
