Commander's Check-In Report

April 4, 2008

Boris Yim


Crew Physical Status:
Refreshed.


Time Departed/Returned from EVA:
EVA 8 - 3:40pm to 5:15pm
EVA 9 - 5:45 pm to 7:30pm


Brief Narrative of Field Mission Results:
EVA 8 - Remove Hab skirt, fix weather station, short hike.
EVA 9 - ATV trip to collect samples under media coverage.


EVA Data/Interpretations:
EVA 8 - Battery of weather station replaced, but not working; data line
traced into the Hab; collected space junk and saw wild flowers.
EVA 9 - Zuma Press photographed the ATV trip; soil sample collected for
analysis.


Hab Maintenance:
Skirt removed, Hab tidied and cleaned again, fixing weather station.


Report Transmission Schedule:
Other than commander's, journalist's and a science report, the rest will
be late as they made calls in Hankville for urgent personal matters.


Plans for Tomorrow:
Full time photography by Zuma Press with more EVAs, RSL halophile
sample collection, weather station project, radio telescope monitoring
and more.


Inventory:
Plenty of food in stock even if we can't get back to Earth.


Support Requested:
How to get the weather station back to work?


Miscellaneous:
We'll have extra photos from the press for 2 more days.