Log Book for January 21, 2011
Commander's Report
Virgiliu Pop Reporting
After watching 'Supernova' and keeping to praise Haritina for
her 'scovergi' (Romanian tortillas), which apparently
will enter the MDRS recipe book, we went to bed, and woke up - as
usual - rather late. This is absolutely OK with the
commander - as long as everybody does their job, he is totally happy!
We had breakfast - tortillas with salami - then
Haritina finished writing-up her recycling proposal and sent it to the
powers-that-be. The captain then left the base with
Dragos and Haritina, on a long EVA, aimed at locating an appropriate
place for building a sundial. Romanians have a
multi-millenary sundial tradition - the one built by our ancestors the
Dacians is still standing in Sarmizegetusa.
We left
the hab on good hands - Iulia (NOT Lulia!, her name begins with I, and
translates as July) and Betty tended to their science
samples, while DG came with a team and performed extensive hab repairs
with no EVA suit!
Back to the captain and his away
team - we located a suitable sundial spot not far from the hab and
started to build it - we hope to finish it tomorrow. Then back at the
hab, where we'll soon enjoy some kung-fu chicken.
Jerry has not been
seen today, and we hope that Planet Mars won't be
known as Planet Mouse. On a personal note, the commander saw the mouse
problem coming - when packing his bags for the MDRS, his cat sneaked
in and was, unfortunately, chased away.