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Report of Mission 44 in Habitat Marte - July 11th to 20th, 2020

Report of Mission 44 in Habitat Marte

 

Days: 

July 11th to 20th, 2020.

 

Members of the mission:

Prof. Julio Rezende (Brazil)

Main Habitat chief

E-mail: juliofdrezende@hotmail.com.

 

Niklas H. (Germany)

Sanitation center chief

E-mail: niklas.h12@web.de

 

Nikita Divay (India)

Greenhouse chief

E-mail: nikitadivay@outlook.com

 

Arvin Joseff Tan (Philippines)

Powerstation chief

E-mail: n26087030@gs.ncku.edu.tw

 

Varsha Shankar (Canada)

Invited Researcher

Launch Centre chief

E-mail: shankarvarsha3@gmail.com.

 

Jas Purewal (England)

Invited Researcher

Engineering center chief

E-mail: jasu.nildram@gmail.com

 

Davi Souza (Brazil)

Invited Researcher 

Health center chief

E-mail: daviafs15@gmail.com

 

Eva Blaisdell (United States)

Invited Researcher

E-mail: eva.blaisdell@californiaspacecenter.com

 

General objective:

Imagine more detailed self-sustaining operations for a Mars habitat.

 

Presentation

The 44th mission is starting July 11th and finishing July 17th 2020. The 44th edition presents participants from Philippines, Germany, India and Brazil. The members of the mission 44 are Arvin Tan (Philippines), Niklas H. (Germany), Nikita Divay (India) and Julio Rezende (Brazil). The mission presents Jas Purewal (England), Varsha Shankar (Canada), Davi Souza (Brazil) and Eva Blaisdell (United States) as invited researchers.

 

Activities developed during the mission:

- Improvement of the virtual mission methodology;

- Live from Habitat Marte;

- Harvest food in Habitat Marte;

- Presentations of all facilities operating in Habitat Marte;

- Writing abstracts to 23rd Annual International Mars Society Convention.

 

MISSION TIMELINE

 

Sol 1: July, 11th 2020 (Saturday): 

TIME (GMT)

Activity

0h-4h

- Preparation of report.

10h-12h

- Preparation of report.

12h-13h30m

- Meeting with all members. Was talked about Habitat Marte and the .

 

Weather Location: Natal/ Brazil.

Date: July, 11th 2020.

Time: 10:55 AM (Brazil Time) – 1:55 PM GMT

Temperature: 28o

Humidity:62%

Rain: 14%

Sky: Cloudy.

 

13h30m-15h30m

- Follow up, guidelines and sharing documents to participants

15h30m-17h

- Off-line activities and preparation to travel to Habitat Marte.

17h-19h20m

- Travel to Habitat Marte

19h20m-19h50m

- Meeting of Julio Rezende and Eva Blaisdell in Zoom from Habitat Marte.

19h50m-20h10m-

- Installation of new connection of internet.

20h10-20h35m

- Preparation of the report.

Location: Habitat Marte - Caiçara do Rio do Vento/Brazil

Local Time: 5:32 PM (8:32 PM GMT)

Temperature: 26,5C

Humidity: 64%

 

- Hydrometer: 530 lt.

20h35m-22h35m

- Preparing the report;

- Preparing presentation in Campus Party;

- Dinner (sausage and cheese with bread).

22h35m-21h

- Live in Campus Party.

21h-24h

- Preparing report, publications in social media and preparing the presentation about main habitat.

 

Sol 2: July 12th, 2020 (Sunday): 

TIME (GMT)

Activities

0h-4h

- Preparing report, publications in social media and preparing the presentation about main habitat.

- During the night I sent invitations to artists to They discuss how music can entertain during social isolation and space missions.

4h-6h

- Rest.

6h-7h

- Communication from Habitat Marte with the crew.

7h-7h30m

- Astronomic observation of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars.

7h30m-9h

- Preparing report, publications in social media and preparing the presentation about main habitat.

Location: Habitat Marte - Caiçara do Rio do Vento/Brazil

Local Time: 4:50 AM (7:50 AM GMT)

Temperature: 24,9C

Humidity: 68%

10h

- Sending the first messages to the crew.

- Activities in Habitat Marte: harvesting vegetables (lettuce and basil)

 

12h-13h30m

- Live from Habitat Marte and presentation about Main Habitat. Happened problems with energy bringing problems related to internet connection. 

13h30m-15h30m

- Travel from Habitat Marte to Natal.

15h30m-19h30m

- Processing food: preparing tomato sauce and selecting leafs of basil and lettuce. Some of them present catterpilars.

19h30m-20h30m

- Working in the report.

 

Sol 3: July 13th, 2020 (Monday): 

TIME (GMT)

Activities

0h-3h

- Working in the report.

10h—14h

- Off-line activities.

14h-15h15m

- Presentation of Varsha Shankar about Launch Centre;

- Presentation of Jas Purewal.

Weather Location: Natal/ Brazil.

Date: July, 13th 2020.

Time: 8:55 AM (Brazil Time) – 11:55 AM GMT

Temperature: 26o

Humidity:67%

Rain: 0%

Sky: Sunny

 

15h15m-24h

- Off-line activities.

 

Sol 4: July 14th, 2020 (Tuesday)

TIME (GMT)

Activities

0h-3h

- Preparing report.

10h-13h

- off-line activities.

12h30m-13h20m

Meeting with Julio, Niklas and Arvin.

Weather Location: Natal/ Brazil.

Date: July, 14th 2020.

Time: 8:55 AM (Brazil Time) – 11:55 AM GMT

Temperature: 26o

Humidity:76%

Rain: 2%

Sky: Sunny.

13h20m-24h

- Preparing the report/ off-line activities.

Weather Location: Nagpur, India

Date: July, 14th 2020

Time: 10:00 PM (IST)

Temperature: 25 C

Humidity: 99%

Rain: Thunderstorm

Sky: Cloudy

 

Weather Location: Konstanz, Germany

Date: July, 14th 2020.

Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time)

Temperature: 24

Humidity: 39%

Rain: 20%

Sky: Cloudy

 

Weather Location: Tainan, Taiwan

Date: July, 14th 2020.

Time: 10:52 PM (Taiwan Time) – 2:52 PM GMT

Temperature: 28

Humidity:79%

Rain: 10%

Sky: Partly cloudy

 

Sol 5: July 15th 2020 (Wednesday):

TIME (GMT)

Activities

0h-2

- Writing the report;

10h

- Wake up;

11h-14h

- Contacting the crew.

12h-13h30m

Presentation of Arvin Tan about Powerstation.

Presentation of Niklas H. about Sanitation Center.

 

Weather Location: Natal/ Brazil.

Date: July, 14th 2020.

Time: 8:40 AM (Brazil Time) – 11:40 AM GMT

Temperature: 25o

Humidity:85%

Rain: 13%

Sky: Cloudy.

 

Weather Location: Tainan, Taiwan

Date: July, 15th 2020.

Time: 10:52 PM (Taiwan Time) – 2:52 PM GMT

Temperature: 27

Humidity:84%

Rain: 48%

Sky: Partly cloudy

 

Weather Location: Konstanz, Germany

Time: 05:15 PM (local time)

Temperature: 20°C

Moisture/ humidity: 63%

Visual weather: Cloudy

15h-0h

- Report and off-line activities

 

Sol 6: July, 16th 2020 (Thursday):

TIME (GMT)

Activities

0h-2

- Writing the report;

10h-13h

- Preparation of report.

13h-15h

- Presentation of Davi Souza about Health Center.

- Presentation of Nikita Divay about the greenhouse.

 

Weather Location: Natal/ Brazil.

Date: July, 16th 2020.

Time: 10:00 AM (Brazil Time) – 1:00 PM GMT

Temperature: 26o

Humidity:84%

Rain: 42%

Sky: Partially Cloudy.

 

Weather Location: Nagpur, India

Date: July, 16th 2020

Time: 11:30 PM (IST)

Temperature: 26 C

Humidity: 99%

Rain: 80%

Sky: Cloudy

 

Weather Location: Tainan, Taiwan

Date: July, 16th 2020.

Time: 10:52 PM (Taiwan Time) – 2:52 PM GMT

Temperature: 27

Humidity:80%

Rain: 7%

Sky: Partly cloudy

18h-19h

- Live of Eva Blaisdell (@LadyRocketSpace (Instagram).

19h-24h

- Writing the report and off-line activities.

 

Sol 7: July, 17th 2020 (Friday):  

TIME (GMT)

Activities

0h-4h

- Preparation of report.

10h-12h

- Preparation of report.

12h-13h

- Final Meeting.

Weather Location: Natal/ Brazil.

Date: July, 17th 2020.

Time: 9:00 AM (Brazil Time) – 12:00 PM GMT

Temperature: 26o

Humidity:79%

Rain: 16%

Sky: Sunny.

13h-17h

- Preparation of the report.

17h-21h10m

- Travel to Habitat Marte

21h10m-22h10m

- Activities in Habitat Marte

23h30m-24h

- Astronomic observation.

 

Sol 9: July, 19th 2020 (Saturday): 

TIME (GMT)

Activities

0h-3h

- Activities in Habitat Marte

9h

- Awakening.

9h-13h30m

- Activities in Habitat Marte.

13h40m-15h40m

- Travel from Habitat Marte to Natal.

15h40m-24h

- Off-line activities.

 

Sol 9: July, 19th 2020 (Sunday): 

TIME (GMT)

Activities

0h-3h

- Preparing the report

10h

- Awakening.

9h-13h30m

- Activities in Habitat Marte.

12h-13h

- Final Meeting.

 

Weather Location: Natal/ Brazil.

Date: July, 17th 2020.

Time: 9:00 AM (Brazil Time) – 12:00 PM GMT

Temperature: 26o

Humidity:79%

Rain: 16%

Sky: Sunny.

 

Sol 10: July, 20th 2020 (Monday): 

TIME (GMT)

Activities

0h-3h30m

- Preparing the report.

 

 

Results and final considerations

The 44th mission started from July 11th and finished July 17th 2020. The 44th edition presents participants from Philippines, Germany, India and Brazil. The members of the mission 44 are Arvin Tan (Philippines), Niklas H. (Germany), Nikita Divay (India) and Julio Rezende (Brazil). The mission presents Jas Purewal (England), Varsha Shankar (Canada) and Eva Blaisdell (United States) as invited researchers.

This mission tried to answer some of this questions:

- How many astronauts are necessary to operate the station?

- The quantity of resources necessary for it?

- What are the resources possible to generate in situ or carried from Earth?

- Other technical requirements for each facility and other more deep elements?

 

The program of the mission was:

Sol 1: July, 11th, 2020 (Saturday): 12h-13h GMT: presentation of prof. Julio Rezende about space analog virtual mission.

Sol 2: July, 12th, 2020 (Sunday): 12h-13h30m GMT: presentation of prof. Julio Rezende about Main station and also presentation in Habitat Marte.

Sol 3: July, 13th, 2020 (Monday): 14h-15h GMT:  presentation of Varsha about Launch center and  Jas Purewal about Engineering center.

Sol 4: July 14th, 2020 (Tuesday): 1PM-2PM GMT: video about missions to Mars.

Sol 5: July 15th, 2020 (Wednesday): 12h-13h GMT: presentation of Arvin Tan about Powerstation and  Niklas about Sanitation Center.

Sol 6: July 16th, 2020 (Thursday): 13h-15h GMT: presentation of Davi Souza about Health Center and Nikita Divay about greenhouse in Mars.

Sol 7: July 17th, 2020 (Friday): 12h-13h30m GMT: Final meeting.

Sols 8, 9 and 10: July 17th-20th, 2020 (Saturday-Monday): visit to Habitat Marte e preparation of the report.

 

All presentations were recorded by the first time and released in Youtube channel and also shared in Twitter and Facebook. Was prepared an abstract to 23rd Annual International Mars Society Convention about the operation of the Powerstation.

Evaluating sustainability issues related to operation of the health center would consider how to recycle hospital needles or sharp wastes. To deal with Health Waste a possible technology would be the use of a  plasma chamber to transform all waste in ashes.

Was considered important evaluate the life cycle of the plants in Habitat Marte and identified the necessity of new procedures about. Was identitied important bring  agriculture researchers to support the processes related to food production techniques. Rio Grande do Norte State present a very good agriculture school: Escola Agrícola de Jundiaí – EAJ (www.eaj.ufrn.br), a faculty of Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN (www.ufrn.br).

More information about the missions and the Habitat Marte can be found at www.HabitatMarte.com or in www.youtube.com/HabitatMarte. Prof. Julio Rezende (commander).

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