FMARS Crew Status Report #3 - 11 July 2001 - 10:00 PM MDT Status: Mars Simulation in Progress
Phase 2 Crew:
Commander: Dr. Robert Zubrin
Geologist: Katy Quinn
Biologist: Dr. Charlie Cockell
Physicist: Dr. Vladimir Pletser
Computer Scientist: Dr. Bill Clancey
Engineer: Dr. Stephen Braham
The second phase has begun with new members added to the crew. The new commander is Dr. Robert Zubrin. Other new crew members include Dr. Vladimir Plester a physicist with the European Space Agency, Dr. William Clancey a computer scientist from NASA AMES and Katy Quinn who is just completing her Ph.D. in geology at MIT. Remaining in the hab for Phase 2 are Chief Engineer Dr. Stephen Braham of Simon Fraser University and Dr. Charlie Cockell, biologist from the British Antarctic Survey.
Today the crew spent the morning doing some housekeeping in the hab. This afternoon the crew perfomed an EVA on Haynes Ridge. The goal of the EVA was to search for fossils along the ridge. The EVA was quite successful. Linked below you'll find detailed crew reports.
One persisting problem is with the high-speed space-based networking segment. Chief Engineer Stepgen Braham discovered some misconfiguration in the unified upconverter/downconverter solid state power amplifier system (SSPA), due to some random reset. Stephen is attempting to troubleshoot the problem. If the problem persist replacement parts will need to be installed. This could take a week. In the meantime high speed internet access is not available.
The next FMARS crew status report will be issued following crew report period on Thursday evening, or sooner as events warrant.
Daily Reports: