Archives for: February 2006, 16
XML Feeds
Pre-Launch 8 Days 12 Hours
by Tom (admin) 
. . . . . this is Artemis Control. We are now at the T-minus 8 days, 12 hours and 48 minutes until the Big Blue lander undocks from the Selene Launching Complex to ferry the Moon Society's first ever Lunar Landing Simulation crew down the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, UTAH. Although individually scatter across the North American continent, crew members are continuing with their pre-flight preparations. Our Miami, USA based German Radio Science Journalist Guido Meyer reports that he is pretty much done acquiring radio stations willing to air "The Martian (Lunar) Chronicles" ... has arranged the placement of 26 reports so far, each between 2minutes 30seconds and 30 minutes long. He has also filed at least one newspaper article. During this evenings comm's session with Artemis Control Guido confirmed the first in the radio series of reports will go to air next Friday while the crew is "in-transit to the Selene Launching Complex, Utah. It will be a kind of a preview of our mission, including soundbites from Rick Tumlinson ("The Space Frontier Foundation"), Edward Hudgins, Washington Director of the Objectivist Center and author of the book "Space: The Free-Market Frontier", Harrisson Schmitt, last man on the moon with "Apollo 17", including some german scientist.
Crew Scientist-Surveyor Hugh S. Gregory, the Principle Investigator for Project M.A.S.T. passed a major preparation mile stone today with the acquiring of a brand new Garmin Global Positioning System receiver which is absolutely critical for acquiring the final data needed to complete Project MAST. He will spend the next few days in the local lunar simulator, practicing the skills needed to use this new instrument during our Moon Mission Simulation. At this time monitoring systems report that there is a possible minor water line leak somewhere external to the Artemis Habitat itself. Under the guidance of Paul Graham, the Mars Society's Engineering Team Coordinator, trouble shooting is underway to discover the source of the problem, so that it can be examined and a fix diagnosed. This anomaly will not adversely affect the deployment of the Artemis One in a little over eight days time. Weather at the Moon Landing simulation site has been high winds for the past few days and for this weekend, a possibility of rain or even snow has been forecast. Next report as events warrant it. This is Artemis Control. . . . . . . .
-- Hugh S. Gregory - Spaceflight Historian - Chief Documents Editor for MDRS and FMARS research stations - Commander Crew 35, Crew Scientist-Surveyor Crew 45
02/16/06 11:12:36 pm,