Log Book for January 23, 2011

Commander's Report

Virgiliu Pop Reporting

It's Sunday on Mars, so we decided to take it easy. The previous night, we did some stargazing and then we watched '2001: a Space Odyssey' going to bed thinking: "My God - it's full of stars!"

This morning after a VERY late start, we had brunch, then we did some maintenance. Haritina cleaned the EVA helmets and patched them with silicone; the captain removed the last old microphone from them, and now they are as good as new (we exaggerate, of course).

Dragos, Iulia and Betty went on an EVA, and reacted positively to Captain Cook's proposal of having Chinese food for the night. We called the dish 'Yang Liwei Chicken'.

Apart from Jerry-the-Mouse, we did not encounter any Martians today - the three-legged creature seen in the lab is not a Triffid - it's Dragos' tripod.