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Log Book for April 25, 2005
Commander's Check-In
Ricardo Patrício Reporting

Weather: clear vis; low 50F, high 63F, 34% (dry), somewhat cloudy, few drops of rain.

Crew Physical Status: Everyone feeling good.

Brief Narrative of Today's Results: Extensive testing of MarsSkins. The geologist, Kurt, died... again! [Probably another helmet malfunction. CapCom] He made some interesting findings about two different layers from the Jurassic Period.

The Schedule: 8am rise & shine; 11am brunch; 12.30 long EVAs; 19.00 group dynamics evaluation.

EVA: 2 parallel long EVAs, 3 persons each, to Capitol Reef and Candor Chasma's surroundings. MarsSkins out to be tested.

Report Transmission Schedule: Daily Log; Enginnering Report, EVA Report, Geology Report.

Maintenance: GreenHab tank 5 is low.

Inventory: 6 water glasses would be usefull.

Plans for Tomorrow: CRV and MarsSkins EVAs; Geology/PDA and thermal hardware studies.

Miscellaneous: Half way through the mission... already...

Support Requested: ... can we extend it???!?

Ricardo Patrício
Commander, MDRS Crew 39 - Leonardo Project

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