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this morning a short video was received by mission support, a view from the
front of a small rover (controlled in-hab) that inspected a small dent in the
underside of the hab (~1cmx3cm).
21:21
pascal lee (mission commander) checks in with mission support: phase 4 crew
moved in today, consisting of lee (geologist and planetary scientist), steve
braham (physicist), peter smith (roboticist), john blitch (roboticist), carol
stoker (engineer), and larry lemke (engineer).
21:35
questions recieved from mars desert research station exhibit, located at the
kennedy space center (ksc)visitor's center:
- (from martin) why was devon island chosen [as the site for the mars arctic
research station]? and
- (from maverick) why were the crew members chosen? what were the selection
criteria?
21:49
pascal lee's response to the above questions:
- devon island is the largest uninhabited island on earth and is a cold,
generally dry polar desert (almost no vegetation, rocky, dusty, windy) that is
less harsh than, but still comparable to, a Martian environment.
- 250 applications were received, from volunteers of the mars society and
members of the nasa haughton-mars project; those that were accepted cover a
wide range of research interests and inquiries into the logistics of going to
mars. if you are interested, apply in the next go-round. =)
22:32
confirmation from kennedy space center that the question and answer session
went well (i.e. that lee's answer's were received in time to be presented to
the group).
01:05
mission support signs off for the day, as we have not heard from fmars since
lee's answers to the ksc questions.
a half-hour interview of tony muscatello, lorraine bell, bob pohl will be aired
tomorrow, sunday july 29th at two times and on three radio stations:
6am: kosi, 101.5 fm
kezw, 1430 am
11:30pm: the hawk, 99.5 fm
Michelle Stempel
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