• Commander's Check-In - Bill Clancey

Photo Diary
Sekou initializes biosensor processing for Brent, using the iPaq. After the backpack is donned, Sekou will enable the wireless connection to the Minibook computer.	Charles Lee (Rick Alena's assistant from Ames during this second week), confirms that the GPS unit is sending signals to the Minibook.
Photo taken by Abby while Brent is getting a sample. At Abby's command, the photo was downloaded from her camera via an USB cable, then FTPed automatically to the HabCom laptop in MDRS.	While waiting for the Mobile Agents system to catch up with all their commands, Brent and Abby enjoy a short break.
Abby is dressed for a warm day on Mars; notice the two microphones for the radio and voice commanding system. It takes two of us to carefully put on her helmet.	Abby downloads a photo, using the radio so everyone else can hear what he is saying to his personal agent. The finger sensor by Nonin uses LCD pulses to measure SpO2 (blood oxygen) and heart rate.
After a successful 2 hour test, Bill and Maarten, leaders of the Mobile Agents project enjoy a moment of celebration.	Near sunset, Rick Alena prepares for the next day's EVA, which will depend on the repeaters and "hopping" reconnectivity in his wireless computing network.