Log Book for January 20, 2011
Commander's Report
Virgiliu Pop Reporting
Third SIM day started with a movie - if we are to count the day
as starting at midnight ... none other than Galaxy Quest, partly
filmed in the nearby Goblin Valley. After a good nights sleep, the
crew had a late wake-up (the RoMars members perform very well when
rested), then we had breakfast - tortillas with omelette and salami.
We then decided upon the day's plan, and received news from Mars
Society that we can use the ATVs, as temporary registration has been
issued. Mars may be far away from Earth, yet not far enough to escape
Earth's bureaucracy!
Iulia, Betty and Dragos then went on a very long
EVA, one of the aims being to bestow Romanian names upon some unnamed
"Martian" features. Today is a special day - as Romania acceded to
the European Space Agency convention! (and it's also Buzz Aldrin's
birthday - Happy Birthday, Buzz!).
Meanwhile, the Captain (Virgil) got
permission from the Mars Society engineering support to remove the old
microphone system from the helmets - one down, five to go, and
assisted Haritina in writing her recycling proposal to the Mars
Society.
After the away team returned from the EVA, Haritina
started to cook a delicious meal out of dehydrated food, and some
Romanian tortillas called "scovergi", prompting the crew to declare their
endless love to her and the fire alarm to beep. As Iulia went to her
room, she seemed to hear mice noises - hence the Captain recommends a
cat-in-residence.