Commander's Report
March 24, 2008
Emily Colvin

Commander's Report
24 March 2008
Emily Colvin

Long day. I'd forgotten how much an EVA will take out of you,
especially at the temperatures of this time of year (although I didn't
get burned...at least, not more than my face...). Our next three days
will be adjusted accordingly, so no one's getting too knocked out.
We've got a lot to fit in, but I have faith.

I definitely hate the feeling of looking at a piece of equipment
cross-eyed, waiting for inspiration to strike. It's happened a few
times today. Looking at the soil corer and trying to reconcile what I
was seeing with the image I had in my head. Still don't quite have them
matched up, but I'm making improvements. And I did have success with
the other - we had a float switch for 120VAC and a pump that runs on
12VDC. After staring at them long enough, I convinced myself that the
switch can be used anyway with the pump, since it's a very low current
pump. And external sources confirmed this. So, in fact, you can stare
at a problem long enough that it will fix itself.