Status Report

26 July 2000: Marc Boucher’s Personal Journal: Base Camp, Devon Island

By SpaceRef Editor
July 26, 2000
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Marc Boucher

Note: Information on the current field season, as well as past seasons can be found here.

The Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station is up!

Today the final six dome panels were put into place. I helped move the panels from the ground to the second floor and watched
as Frank, Matt and others placed them into their assigned spots. To see the dome come together piece by piece was great. We were
worried that because of the geometry of the habitat as it had been constructed that we might not get a tight enough circle so that
all of the pieces would fit together. But with some pushing, pulling and cajoling the dome came together nicely.

In the evening the rest of windows were installed. Tomorrow the floors will be finished and the temporary interior will
be put in. On Friday the first simulation should start. It will be broken into three crews. The first will be a symbolic
one that will last one day. Then we will have two three day sims. Some crew members will follow into other sim rotation.

For daily updates on the NASA Haughton-Mars Project click here.

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