Category Archives: Research
My Pleasantly Messy Office
I’m not often the last person up at night, but I was last week when I was working on the geology task one night. I took a look at my (notoriously messy) desk, and rather liked the spread of projects … Continue reading
Less Than 6 Weeks To Go, and an Article in German
Hello all! It’s been a while. We had a news article come out in German, so in case you can read German here it is: http://www.dw.de/eine-reise-zum-mars-auf-hawaii/a-18393741 We’ve been busy here finishing up all the research that we want to get … Continue reading
Harvest Season
We got our first tomato and first mushroom yesterday! Along with some basil, made for a very tiny, very tasty appetizer before dinner yesterday.
Geology Tasks
So I post a lot of stuff about the non-work we do here, and although I’d like to post more about the actual work, some of it can’t be fully communicated in a public manner because we have to keep … Continue reading
Staying Fit on Mars
One of the surprising highlights of the mission has been our group workouts. I was really worried about losing my fitness while here – we have a treadmill, but it’s really noisy, and I feel awkward about using it when … Continue reading
Sundays in the Hab
Zak and I did another Voxer interview. You can check it out here. News from the Dome… Well, it was a quiet weekend, with Comms being an issue. Sunday was my day to cook (we each cook dinner once a … Continue reading
Mars on Mars* 