Projects underway! Today was our first full day. We are now settled in and got a start on several projects: the Human Factors project (William); the Space Frontier Diet simulation project (Laurel); Project MAST (Hugh); putting together our sponsors banner (Peter) and getting our Moon flag ready to put up tomorrow (Peter). Last night?s dinner, a vegetable curry with basmati rice, was a clear thumbs up winner, and will be the first entry in our Space Frontier Cookbook.

EVA: We had our first EVA today! William and Guido suited up today, William in a blue Mars skinsuit that he had made himself, and Guido in the standard EVA suit. Guido our journalist, is a professional and is posting radio and web reports daily to a number of media.

Crew Physical Status: One crew member has a bad cough, but otherwise we are all well and happy to be here.

Plans for Tomorrow: Tomorrow our ongoing projects will continue. Peter plans to begin assembling the arched top sections for the simulated pressurized tunnel to connect the GreenHab with the Hab. Getting beyond that depends on when Don can deliver the 40 PVC pressure pipes that we had on Big Blue before it died a noble death en route to the Hab from Salt Lake City on Saturday afternoon.

Report Transmission Schedule:

1. Commander's Check-in, 19:00
2. Engineering Report, 19:30
3. EVA Report, 21:00
4. Science Report, 21:00
5. Journalist Report, 21:00
6. Photographs, 21:00
7. HSO Report, 21:00

Miscellaneous: The sky was overcast last night at bedtime, but by 3 am every sky in the universe shown out the commander?s stateroom window. The commander resisted the temptation to share his excitement with the rest of the busily sleeping crew.

Maintenance: All utilities performed perfectly today, and that made Steven a happy camper.

Inventory: Plenty of food and other supplies. We did forget a few things in our shopping efforts, but with ingenuity, we?ll do just fine.

Support Requested: None.

Peter Kokh
Commander, MDRS Crew 45
Artemis Moonbase Sim 1