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Log Book for April 19, 2005
Commander's Check-In
Ricardo Patrício Reporting

Weather: clear vis; low 15.6C (55F), high 18.3C (65F), 12% (dry), sun burning, even more windy.

Crew Physical Status: all fine.

Brief Narrative of Today's Results: Two EVAs for CRV cliffs exploration and geology studies. Interesting blue berry concretions found. Thermal hardware ready for experiment. Two EVA helmets repaired.

The Schedule: 7.30 Rise and shine. 9am daily prep meeting. 10.30 EVA and maintenance. 15.00 EVA, EVA material repair, and thermal hardware preparation. 1800 reports. 2200 group dynamics assessment.

EVA: First official EVA - exploration of suitable CRV cliffs; afternoon EVA for geology exploration purposes.

Report Transmission Schedule: Engineering Report, Daily Log, EVA reports.

Maintenance: Generator flickering at 4.25am and power shut down - generator off until 8.30am. Running fine all day except for some random frequency outputs at some times. 8.30pm power shut down...

Inventory: Wish list - 5 water level detectors for Greenhab and remote generator sounder - remote sensing utilities...

Plans for Tomorrow: Greenhab tank 5 really low, all others seem ok - weŽll look further into it tomorrow. CRV out on EVA, EVA to some geological interesting sites. address how to attach geo-PDA to EVA suits.

Miscellaneous: Getting chilly inside the Hab again.

Support Requested: With new filter and oil, what might be flickering the generator output?

Ricardo Patrício
Commander, MDRS Crew 39 - Leonardo Project

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