Georgia Techs Crew 60 to the Mars Desert Research Station

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Georgia Techs Crew 60to the Mars Desert
Research Station

• Emily Colvin, Commander

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History of GTMars

• MDRS Crew 37, commanded by Dr. Jan Osburg
• First crew from a single academic institution
• MDRS Crew 47, led by Dr. Jan Osburg
• MDRS Crew 60, led by Emily Colvin
• First all-student crew

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MDRS Crew 60
-Emily Colvin, Commander -Erik Kabo, XO,
Communications Engineer -Dean Liao, HSO
Biologist -Jonathan Murphy, Crew
Engineer -Elizabeth Tang, Astronomer -Curtis
Iwata, Logistics, Outreach, Geology -Anne
Campeau, Mission Support Specialist -Alex Carver,
Mission Support Specialist -Alissa Feucht,
Mission Support Specialist
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Logistics

• Meals
• Assign meals to crewmembers, one person compiles
  ingredients
• Freeze stuff in meal-sized portions
• Perishables wont make it past the first week
• Have lots of snacks, especially if you have a
  crew of college students

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GreenHab

• Rotated plants plants closest to the wall were
  driest
• Shelf built on otherside of greenhousesegment
  to minimizeplants against thewalls,
  facilitatewatering/pruning

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GreenHab Engineering

• Submerged pumps replaced
• Tank 1 un-tilted, to allow correct draining of
  tank into Tank 2
• Replaced bilge pump in Tank 4, however there were
  several failures, requires future investigation
• Toilet supply tank cleaned of sludge

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Science Astronomy Human Factors

• MDRS requires aremote for thecloud cover
• Cognitive Testing
• Computer tests
• Mood Testing (saliva tests)
• Saliva test eating restrictions (no caffeine)
  were very annoying

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Science - Geology

• Magnetometer Conductivity Meter
• Very difficult to carry and use in suits
• Looked at conductivity for HF radio
• Found a high spot north of hab septic tank?
• Future work needsmore planning/bettertransportat
  ion (ATVcargo transport notquite appropriate)

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Engineering - Communications

• Digipeater Crossband repeater on Skyline Rim,
  solar powered
• HF radio for communications with Atlanta school
  group

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Engineering - Rover

• Very cute. Not very useful. More to come next
  year!

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Engineering Observatory Path

• Before After

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Maintenance - Other

• Thorough toilet cleaning
• Added water and temp to OneMeter
• Installed 24VDC to 12VDC conversion system
• Engineering Inventory

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Outreach

• First MarsEd event
• Similar contact with an Atlanta physics class

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Sponsors!!

• GT School of Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Loewy,
  Jim Woodruff, Kathryn Albright
• GT School of Electrical Engineering, Dr. May and
  LaJuana Guillory
• Georgia Space Grant Consortium, Dr. Armanios and
  Wanda Pierson
• Robojackets, Steven Dang and Andy Bardagjy
• W4AQL,Alex Carver
• Kenwood USA,Amateur Radio Division
• GT Student Government Association,Brittain
  Skinner and Tim Gallagher
• Alpine Systems Engineering,Paul Graham

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