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Pre-Mission Update from Hugh S. Gregory T-Minus 12 hours
by Moonbase Team 
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Feb 24th, 2006 22:57MST
. . . . . . . this is Artemis Control.
We've just passed the T-minus 12 hours, and 5 minute mark in the countdown towards the departure of the Artemis One crew from the Selene Launching Complex aboard the BIg Blue space to luna transporter.
At this time Crew Scientist-Surveyor Hugh S. Gregory, reports a safe arrival at the Whispering Sands Motel Pressure Dome in Hanksville. His Earth to Moon transit aboard the Skyjumper "Anik 21" was uneventful and he was met at Grand Junction Spaceport by Don Foutz aboard his personal pressurised moon rover "da van". Hugh reports that going in by Grand Junction has many advantages over going in via the Selene Launching Complex, the two big advantages were, 1.) no rush hour traffic and 2.) a two hour drive versus a nearly 5 hours drive.
Mission Commander Kokh and Crew Nurse Fung-Schwarz completed most of the provision assembling today. Tomorrow they will greet the final arriving team members and execute a de-orbit burn on the lunar lander Big Blue to start their descent into the Artemis One landing site.
All systems on the Artemis One Hab are reported to be functioning nominally. Next report when events warrent it.
This is Artemis Control.. . . . .
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02/25/06 11:19:47 am, Pre-Mission Update from Hugh S. Gregory T-Minus 8 days
by Moonbase Team
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Feb 16th, 2006 23:12PST
. . . . . 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. . . . . . . .
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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
Pre-Launch Update from Hugh S. Gregory
by Moonbase Team
The following was written by Hugh S. Gregory of Vancouver, Canada who is flying on the Artemis One Expedition as Crew Scientist-Surveyor and PI of Project MAST. Hugh has also been invited by the Moon Society to undertake the tasking of Crew Trainer for which he is very well qualified with three previous MDRS trips under his belt.
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Feb 13th, 2006 21:53PST
. . . . . this is Artemis Control.
We are now at the T-minus 12 days and 13 hours until the Big Blue lander undocks from the Selene Launching Complex to commence the 5 hours orbit transfer down to a land mark locally known as The Whispering Sands where Powered Descent Initiation will occur. At this time the Crew's 2IC or XO Laurel Ladd, is finalising the dietary requirements of the Artemis One Crew.
This is very important for a Moon bound crew as everything must be hauled "up" from Earth with us. There is NO opportunity to go to the local green grocer or butcher when you are 240,000 miles from home and the same applies to crews who use the Mars Society's research stations. Everything must go in at the beginning. If you run out of something, well, lets just say the menu's will get very inventive.
This was my experience when I last visited as Commander of MDRS Crew 35 last year. We didn't starve and proper preplanning saw us run of of food on the last day as planned. At this time all systems on the Artemis Habitat are in nominal and telemetry shows no major system problems at this time. Further updates as events warrent.
This is Artemis Control. . . . . . . .
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Pre-Launch 12 Days 13 Hours
by Tom (admin)
. . . . . this is Artemis Control. We are now at the T-minus 12 daysand 13 hours until the Big Blue lander undocks from the SeleneLaunching Complex to commence the 5 hours orbit transfer down to a land mark locally known as The Whispering Sands where Powered Descent Initiation will occurr. At this time the Crew's 2IC or XO Laurel Ladd, is finalising the dietary requirements of the Artemis One Crew.
This is very important for a Moon bound crew as everything must be hauled "up" from Earth with us. There is NO opportunity to go to the local green grocer or butcher when you are 240,000 miles from home and the same applies to crews who use the Mars Society's research stations. Everything must go in at the beginning. If you run out of something, well, lets just say the menu's will get very inventive. This was my experience when I last visited as Commander of MDRS Crew 35 last year. We didn't starve and proper preplanning saw us run of of food on the last day as planned. At this time all systems on theArtemis Habitat are in nominal and telemetry shows no major systemproblems at this time. Further updates as events warrent. This isArtemis Control. . . . . . ..