tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22396391441674582602024-03-14T02:49:58.750-07:008-month mission on "Mars"Thoughts and experiences while living and working in the HI-SEAS dome on Mauna LoaJoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-51394780163444889642015-10-27T08:33:00.002-07:002015-10-27T09:08:54.917-07:00Dawn or Doom?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is technology awakening the light of day or bringing on unintended dark consequences? The <i>Dawn or Doom </i>conference at Purdue hinges upon this theme, here's the link to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDUN2axT31Y&feature=player_embedded">my talk</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This will require a concerted effort in sustainability, lifestyle adaptation, health monitoring and advanced medical interventions. The advances that are required for mission success are convergent with the technical and cultural developments that we need to meet our Earthly challenges today as well.. by promoting sustainable resource usage, human health and relationships, adaptive and resilient systems.. the list goes on.. But really, I want to hear from you!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">What orders of living would be acceptable "house rules" for a Mars crew? I asked this question to a class of about 100 students enrolled in psychology at University of Hawaii. I received some intriguing ideas, but before I reveal their answers, I'd like to hear from you! </span></span></div>
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JoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-28549559945133510982015-09-09T13:00:00.000-07:002015-09-09T14:00:58.967-07:00Moving Anchor<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After living and working for eight months in a 1000-square-foot dome on Mauna Loa and never going anywhere besides on short, rigorous hikes in mock spacesuits, it’s been a welcome change to have the freedom of travel. Whether it’s by aircraft, car, bus, or even just walking somewhere to grab lunch, the movement in my life has given me the feeling of being as free as a ship at sea! I’m no longer anchored to one small habitat, so I feel the excitement of being out at sea. But I also feel the relaxing calm of being anchored, as I stay inwardly centered amidst the movement and change going on in my life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The transition back to “Earth” has been a fantastic journey. I am still having “first” encounters with different types of food and culture that were absent in dome life. Having instant forms of communication is a delight. It still catches me by surprise when someone responds quickly to an email. So grateful to no longer have 20-minute communication delays each way! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s a novelty in interacting with friends, family, and colleagues, and I still have many more plans to make as I look forward to reuniting with everyone again. But I’ve also been savoring my alone time.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In August, when I moved into an apartment at Purdue to get back to PhD life, it was a shock to realize that it was actually the first evening of alone time I had experienced in almost 11 months! During the mission from October to June, I was obviously never alone in the habitat, and then this summer I was traveling and staying with friends and family. So it was long overdue; finally I set in some roots in Indiana and had a lovely evening to myself in my new apartment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While unpacking, I felt girlish excitement about having a closet to hang up all my clothes, most of which I had not seen in many months! After a limited wardrobe comprised of mainly athletic wear for eight months, I have a new enjoyment in getting ready in the morning as I choose from a myriad of styles and colors all hanging in front of me. I don't miss </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my tiny slice of a room in the dome, nor </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">digging through a bin of clothes under my bed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After four weeks of focused PhDing at Purdue, now it’s time to play again, I’m in Toronto for a Wearable Technologies conference. Can’t wait to demo some gadgets and converse about wearable device data analytics. My talk is about wearable devices for space exploration, </span><a href="http://www.wearable-technologies.com/2015/08/real-spacesuits-are-extremely-expensive-wearables/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can read more here!</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As an alumnus of HI-SEAS, I’m enjoying my days at sea in this great big world! I feel like a moving anchor, focused and centered even though it has been busy, busy, busy.. as Kurt Vonnegut describes best in Cat's Cradle, <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;">“Busy, busy, busy, is what we Bokononists whisper whenever we think of how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is.” </span>Interviews, research, meetings, dinners and yoga classes.. this busy life is good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, my TEDx talk should come online soon.. it's about time!</span><br />
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JoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-87276204542594135442015-07-12T16:10:00.002-07:002015-09-09T13:54:23.524-07:00Touching down<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">During the past four weeks of post-mission
life, I’ve been traveling in new surroundings. Soon I’ll have my first
encounter with familiar places, and it should be interesting to observe if I
can feel any differences in myself compared to how I felt in these situations
before, in pre-mission life.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I’m touching down, after being in Hawaii for 10
days and Europe for 20 days. I have been fully immersed in both the luxuries
and the stresses of life that were absent on sMars. Here’s a brief summary of
my traveling: 1) Hawaii: The Big Island, Kauai, Maui, 2) Italy: Vicenza,
Venice, Napoli, Roma, Verona, Bassano del Grappa, 3) Spain: Barcelona, Ibiza, 4)
Portugal: Porto.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I’m thinking about writing a book titled “100
ways to *almost* miss your flight” whew.. now I’m down to my last couple of
flights, and it should be a breeze traveling to familiar places for reunions
with familiar faces. Annually for a week in July, the Dunn family migrates from
all over the globe to North Carolina to party it up. I can’t wait to hug on 30+
family members, most of whom I have not seen in 9-12 months. Besides the stock
of Port wine I am bringing back for my family and friends, what are my
takeaways from all this traveling? I have redeveloped my sense of self,
while also affirming and growing my team of people.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">In Vicenza, I met some outstanding scholars
with “ideas worth spreading" who I have been staying in contact with
throughout these weeks of travel. I intend to stay close to this group who
inspired me with their talents and deeply touched me with their acts of
kindness. The TEDx Vicenza team put together an event of inexplicable
convergence. I was in awe of how the stories of this body of 16 speakers from diverse backgrounds had such an alignment and connectedness in theme. It was a
full day of awesome!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Leading up to my TEDx talk, I must admit that I
was in an inner state of panic! My confidence was tested by the impressiveness
of the speaker list, the intimidating venue of Teatro Olimpico, and of course,
the fact that an audience of 400-500 people, plus online viewers, is orders of
magnitude greater than the audience sizes that I’ve had at conferences and
academic seminars in the past. Being jet-lagged and being the last speaker of
the day applied some additional pressure. It turned out great though. Despite
being absolutely exhausted from traveling allllll the way from Hawaii to Italy,
a 12-hour time difference, I think I performed well with plenty of energy. Tony
Horton and the crew would be proud, as I channeled our P90X training and did
push-ups in the dressing room in the minutes before my talk to get my blood
pumping in a positive way. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I’m still awaiting, somewhat anxiously, the
video of my performance, so I can watch and confirm, but I have received enough
positive feedback to put my mind at ease. It seems that I did my job as last
speaker, energizing the audience and sending them home on a high note.. with
something to think about, or at least smile about :) And similarly, the TEDx
Vicenza team certainly did their job of welcoming me "back to Earth"
in style, introducing me to the Italian way of life, and sending me out on my travels with a relaxed, confident stride.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">As I rejoined Earthly life in a new continent,
the amazing people that I bonded with in Vicenza helped me to fully enjoy and
reflect on all that I was experiencing. I have a couple blog posts coming up
about my Euro travels. I’ve re-imagined the future of my blog, and I think
you’ll enjoy it, so stay tuned! My TEDx talk, “Real Stress on Fake Mars,” will
be viewable online in the next couple weeks. Additionally, I hope that you will
watch ALL of the speaker videos from TEDx Vicenza. I will share the links as
soon as they are available. Similar to the “Back to Earth” celebration, I am
sorry that the live streaming of the event did not work properly for some of my
friends and family. Thank your for your support :) Really, endless thanks to my
team of people for encouraging my adventures and having an influential role in my
experiences and development.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bubbles</b>: After drinking just boring ole still water with the occasional lemonade powder, it's such a luxury to order drinks and carbonated beverages. Just finished a Dr. Pepper with an Ono fish sandwich. Last night I popped some champagne with my birthday cake, yay bubbles! Also had some delicious kiwi (been dreaming about peaches and kiwi while in the dome) with my birthday dessert, but on the topic of drinks, I have yet to have a really great juice.. might need to seek one out soon! Worst case I'll wait til Florida to have some fresh OJ!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Flying</b>: Leaving the Big Island felt so rushed, but still it was freeing to travel again after 8 long months of dome life. I was excited to head off to vacation with my family, just wish there was more time to decompress and enjoy Earthly life with the crew. We had several days of debriefing after the mission, but it would have been great to vacation together for a little while too. We're all spread across the Hawaiian Islands now with our families and friends. Soon I'll be taking a marathon of a flight to Italy. It will be my first time flying solo and for longer than an hour, since so far I've just been island hopping with my parents and one of my brothers Eric. We're having a blast together, already explored Kauai, and just landed in Maui today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Swimming</b>: The day of re-entry included some pool and hot tub time. We also did a manta ray night snorkel in Kona, and I enjoyed some waves with some amateur body surfing in Kauai. So I guess the swimming boxes are mostly checked off, but I can't get enough! Hope to do some snorkeling soon and more hot tub time definitely needs to happen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Occasions</b>: Each day feels like playing dress up! In the dome, I basically just wore gym clothes or the occasional outreach attire of jeans and the red HI-SEAS polo which I'm sure you've all seen! So wearing summer dresses, sandals, or really any kind of shoes for more than an hour or two has been a big change from the dome life of slippers all day, except for hiking boots on EVAs and running shoes during workouts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Alone time</b>: I have yet to spend any significant time alone, but I did have an hour or two in the hotel room on Wednesday morning that involved packing and media phone interviews. I'm not anxious for alone time, but I do have quite a bit of work piling up.. deadlines approaching at the end of the month. Also I haven't had the chance to make full use of my newly restored phone privileges and need to call my friends soon. Even writing this blog post is a bit of a strain, using my iPhone while riding in the back of the rental car! But soon I'll have a long flight to Italy to catch up on all my bidness! Part of me wonders if I'll be afraid to be alone. I will have roommates at my new apartment this year, because I think it will just be too stark of a contrast to go from dome life to an apartment for one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Meat</b>: During the mission we taught Allen (aka Dad) about the meaning of "foodgasm" and I'm sure he's using the term often these days. Our first Earthly lunch post-mission involved some rotisserie chicken that had us oo-ing and awe-ing. The fats, juices, and bones were all foreign to us and made for taste explosions. Last night for my birthday dinner, my real Dad grilled some steaks to perfection. I couldn't believe how much I had missed the flavors and textures of a juicy steak. We basically never had to use a knife while on sMars because all of our ingredients were ground or diced. Cutting into the NY strip that filled my plate felt like the equivalent of slicing into a 10lb roast. Each tender slice was foodgasmic, my eyes were closing with each bite, and my Mom was sitting across from me thoroughly entertained.</span></div>
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JoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-91143307224483344092015-06-08T12:04:00.002-07:002015-06-08T12:34:46.650-07:00What I will miss: Top 5 list<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The end of the countdown is only five days away! It's definitely hard to believe. So much anticipation in the past month or so, and now the end is near. It's time to start packing up. Even though I've been anxiously counting down the days until our "re-entry back to Earth" I know there are many aspects of life on simulated Mars that I will sorely miss. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the top five list:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>5. Unlimited food stuffs! </b>Yes, our food is a bit strange, but it's virtually unlimited. We have a huge supply of all the staples and even though at different points in the mission we have run out of sugar, carrots, chicken, ground beef, and gluten free flour. Who cares, there's so many other options, no plain sugar, use the brown sugar, powdered sugar, or maple syrup, no carrots oh it's alright Martha's garden is about to birth some, no chicken or beef, ahh well we have ham, turkey, tofu, bacon, sausage, etc., no gluten-free flour then make a new combo with almond flour, buckwheat flour, rice flour, and xanthan gum. We never ran out of ideas for new meals to prepare either. We have eaten cuisines from all over the world from Martha's Ghanaian dishes to Sophie's Tex-Mex to Allen's Russian meals. We have cooked from-scratch so many baked goods and desserts that I never even considered making at home before. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>4. Cooking once per week.</b> I'm spoiled. We have been eating so well for so many days in a row, and each of us on average has only had to cook once per week. It just tastes better when you aren't the one cooking it. All of us have treated each other to elaborate meals that we have slaved over for the entire afternoon. We have desserts several times per week. And our daily workout routine has kept our appetites up for the duration. After Tony kicks our butts in P90X, we are ready to devour some food. I can honestly say that boredom with food was never an issue here, which was a great surprise. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stay on the lookout for the "Fake Food on Fake Mars" cookbook! It's coming together nicely.. here's a b</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rief summary: Martha has mastered croissants and scones and all things curry, I have bagels, pretzels, and pizza dough in my repertoire, Sophie makes some delicious homemade cheese and migas brunch that couldn't be any tastier, Neil somehow has managed to make gluten-free bread reliably work, Allen is the man when it comes to using magical binding agents to form cutlets or meatballs, and Zak is the king of barbeque and homemade mac n cheese and actually he's the master of anything that he cooks! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1. Sense of belonging.</b> This was an 8-month commitment, one team, one goal. No matter how stubbornly persistent I am, from my all-night workaholic nature to my Lenten promises to TEDx practice sessions, the crew has endured my revolving door of obsessions, and they have blessed me with their quirks too. We have a lovely and productive arrangement. There's a solace in certainty. I guess I got a taste of marriage, albeit a hexagon of relationships rather than a dyad. We have given each other loyalty and commitment, through the good and the bad, we belong to the crew. We give it our best and forget the rest.</span></div>
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JoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-61183316303981120912015-05-28T06:32:00.002-07:002015-05-28T06:32:28.822-07:00Pretend Red World<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the </span><a href="http://t.co/DSmmDZJAm3" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">simplest (and most entertaining) description</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) that I've come across:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"We want to know how to keep people happy and safe in space. What foods will they like? How much sleep will they need? Can they stay friends, not go crazy, and work well together for the two to three years it will take to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">go to the Red World and come back again? To answer these questions, six people will live in a small space-like place. They can only eat space food, and can only go outside in space clothes. When they </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">talk to friends at home, it will be slow, because of the time it takes for their words to move through space. Light is fast, but not that fast! It will be hard, but the team is very good. We expect that they will do a great job, and give us lots of facts about how to live and work in space."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since Mother’s day is in May, it seems like the perfect month for capturing my Mother’s perspective on the mission in a guest blog post. And don’t worry, I asked her to do this after Mother’s day, so I did not spoil the occasion by assigning her homework! Actually, even though I’m not a mother, this Mother’s day was an extra special day for me too. I woke up to an email from my Mom with old family photos and words about how she loves being our Mom. Such a lovely gesture. This month my Mom, Erika Dunn, is shining in many ways!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />By the end of the week, Momma Dunn will be retired from the Highlands County Clerk of Courts. Everyone's favorite IT gal, hard-working and pleasant, she's one classy lady with an easy-going and optimistic attitude who is impossible to replace. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congratulations to Mrs. Erika T. Dunn, Retired! And my condolences to those who will miss her presence in the government offices. Here's a fun photo of the IT crew from this past Christmas (s</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he's in the front left)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I know</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> she'll miss everyone but probably will be glad to leave behind ID10T and PEBCAK errors ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I remember you watching me cook before you left on the 8-month mission. You were in the kitchen telling me how resourceful I was to you. I feel you have well surpassed my resourcefulness after your time cooking on this mission. I'm amazed at how you can make cheese and other from-scratch items. Those pretzel rolls looked yummy, can't wait for you to make them for us! In a sense your mission is discovering a new frontier by making a satisfying life with what limited resources are available. Even little Maura sees the adventure of your work in Hawaii. According to her, you’re a real astronaut and live in a turtle! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even as a child you were always very inquisitive and wanting to learn. No need for toys when you were so adventurous in learning about your surroundings! You had the most fun when you could help with a "grown-up" task or play outside finding treasures. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like your first geology lesson with your Dad on one of our North Carolina vacations, you spent hours sifting through rocks in a stream behind Papa's cabin. Such a love for learning, even after a long day of school you'd go into your little reading room. There were so many days that I found you passed out in there with a book in hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a family we've all missed your presence at the holidays and family events, like Kayla and Lee’s wedding. But it was truly a memorable and special toast that you gave at the reception using technology. Those photos of wonderful memories and your heartfelt words captivated us all, not a dry eye in the wedding crowd. A</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">s your video was shown on the projector screen, everyone </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">could hear Maura shouting "That's Aunt Jocey!" She was so happy to see your face on the big screen. I was so proud and grateful that you took the time and made the day special even though you could not attend in person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can’t wait to greet you in Hawaii and finally give you a big hug and kiss in person. It will be very interesting to hear more stories about the mission. I love that you were able to play golf on simulated Mars. You showed how much you love the sport by writing out those equations to explain what it would be like to golf on Mars. Golf on Mars became a trending topic on ESPN, who would have thought?! But that is my Jocey, your mind never turns off, always exploring and wanting to do more, even when you should be resting your mind and body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After your summer travels, I'm excited for when you'll meet us in North Carolina and make memories at our new family homestead. It will be relaxing to know you're home. It will take some getting accustomed to the normal, sometimes routine, life here on Earth and back to your research at Purdue.. but </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">now that I’ll be retired, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you will have some entertainment from teaching me to play golf!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to say that Momma Dunn was more timely in turning in her homework compared to my Daddio ;) He did a guest post in February that can be found <a href="http://fivestarview.blogspot.com/2015/02/halfway-home.html">here</a> in case you missed it. Only two weeks until my family will be here in Hawaii to celebrate Mom's retirement and my retirement from the HI-SEAS crew too! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With only ONE month left to go, our theme song is finally singing true.. "It’s the FINAL countdown! Doo do doo doo, do do doo do doo!” The theme song for our mission, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIkajmoNr5I">“Final Countdown” by Europe</a>, first caught on during our halloween costume party / finally-able-to-watch-the-world-series party. Our m</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ission support team was kind enough to record the final game of the World Series for us. However, for several days, there were problems with uploading such a large file, so we finally were able to watch the game on Halloween, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">which was the first holiday that we celebrated together in the dome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we were waiting for the file to download, I started playing the “Final Countdown” song, which is part of the movie Hot Rod’s soundtrack. The file took longer than expected to download, and we ended up listening to the song over and over; when the song restarted each time is was an ironic act of hilarity, so rather than waiting impatiently, we were all happily singing “doo do doo” until at last, the game successfully downloaded!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since then, our theme song has debuted quite often. It's sometimes blasted on the speakers when it’s time to begin our NASA behavioral tasks in the afternoons, or to gather up the troops for dinner. Of course, we also played this song as part of our countdown for ringing in the new year. However, in one month, we will sing "</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">do do doo do doo</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" together with more meaning than ever, as it will truly be the final countdown to our mission end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On June 13th, we will exit the HI-SEAS habitat, affectionally called the “dome” and rejoin our Earthling friends and colleagues. After eight months of dome life, we will collide with our loved ones and stuff our faces with fresh fruits. I’m feeling peachy, and other crew members are craving fresh pineapple, watermelon, and raspberries. We are anxious to reunite with our friends and favorite foods. But that’s not all… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The US Army Golden Knights jump team is planning to take us tandem skydiving as a simulated re-entry back to Earth! What an extreme transition, from being confined to this 1000-square-foot dome to free falling into a vast landscape!!! And if that’s not exciting enough, our 7th crew member who motivates us to workout everyday, Tony Horton, founder of P90X fitness program and his fiancé Shawna will also be jumping back to Earth with us! We feel beyond amazed that this is happening and are so incredibly grateful for this opportunity. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Tony would say, this is the countdown to epic sky-diving X!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ironically, the first time I watched the Hot Rod movie, which made the “Final Countdown” song into a favorite of mine, I was with some of my Army friends from the ROTC program at Embry-Riddle. One of these friends from college, Capt. Darren Ekey, came up with the idea for this simulated re-entry back to Earth. The crew and I were so enthusiastic about the idea, but remained in disbelief about such an amazing prospect. Well now the plans have come together, and it’s starting to sink in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We owe a big thanks to Ekey and mission support for planning this epic celebration of HI-SEAS mission III completion. June 13th will truly be making dreams come true, as we jump from the sky together as a crew, along with some of our amazing colleagues on mission support, Tony Horton, who we consider as our 7th crewmember, and of course, the Army paratroopers who have made this all possible. Hooah!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A heartbeat is the vital sign of blood pumping through our vasculature; but not only that, a beating heart is the opportunity to experience life and achieve goals. The figure of speech "having heart” describes a person's will to win, strength to endure, or compassion for helping others succeed. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here at HI-SEAS, the crew is pushing toward the finish line with immeasurable heart: one team, one goal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The countdown clock is winding down, only six weeks until the mission ends on June 13th. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m feeling a bit sappy for this post. But I’ll also compare some heart rate data from workouts, so it's quant-friendly too. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m thinking about a poem that I wrote a longtime ago called “Immeasurable Heart” that was expressing how people rise up to meet challenges. The symbolic "heart" is a desire within a person or the motivation of a team, that can be a boundless, mysterious force.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Certainly, Hollywood embraces the unpredictability of human nature. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In movies and TV shows, plot twists from evolving personalities are often what inspire hope in the audience, or provoke fear. Some classic stories of transformation that come to mind.. the dysfunctional team that finds purpose, defies the laws of probability, and manages to win the championship.. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the seemingly loyal friend who succumbs to temptation, betrays for personal gain, and becomes the despicable villain..</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or the rich, powerful bully who experiences empathy, reforms selfish behavior, and becomes a compassionate person. Though outlandish, I think there’s some underlying truth to these “change of heart” scenarios, in that we are dynamic, sentient beings with capacity for change. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The extreme nature of this mission has changed all of us in some ways. Necessarily, we </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">have had to become more patient and accommodating in order to live in this environment. We also have had to adapt to limited modes of entertainment and exercise, so I've definitely watched more movies than ever before. In general, I feel more centered and in touch with myself, maybe because of the lack of social media and text messaging or because of the daily surveys and journaling. I'm not sure </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how else my personality may have changed but reuniting with the real world will most likely reveal some differences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I promised some data to offset the talk about how we <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py_30jZGUYk">feel inside and stuff like that</a> ;) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here’s some actual measurements of my heart's performance. I've been recording workout data with Hexoskin biometric shirts, which monitor cardiac and respiratory function along with the cadence and acceleration of movements. The figure below is Hexoskin biometrics data with added labels for each of the six circuits during the P90X plyometrics workout video. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These Hexoksin data show that I have increased the intensity of my movements (more steps per minute and higher acceleration) while maintaining similar cardiac and respiratory output (heart and breathing rates </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are at the same level). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In summary, Tony Horton is the man! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ll be doing P90X3 workouts until mission end, pushing play and working hard with our 7th crew member! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Purdue Day of Giving – an annual university-wide effort to build a better, stronger, more affordable Purdue – is next Wednesday, April 29th. There are several contests and competitions that m</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ake this FUNdraising effort into a truly FUN event.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Get involved, promote the event on social media, and watch your favorite Purdue units climb the leaderboard! Click <a href="https://dayofgiving.purdue.edu/">HERE</a> to learn more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m giving from “Mars” but don't be intimidated if you’re aiming for the "<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em;">Donation from Person Living Furthest from Campus</span>" challenge from</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 7-8pm (EDT) on April 29th, as simulated Mars is only 4200 miles away on the slopes of Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. However, I will be keeping an eye on the "Most Unique Photo with Purdue Day of Giving Logo” challenge from 11am - noon (EDT), </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as recently I went out on EVA to create the photo below. Boiler up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the spirit of Purdue Day of Giving, I'm donating to two outstanding schools at Purdue, as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am forever grateful to the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering for giving me the chance to begin graduate school at Purdue and to the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">School of Industrial Engineering</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for enabling me to extend my stay at Purdue for doctoral studies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Purdue story begins in the summer of 2009, after graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. I was still eager to keep studying and jumped at the opportunity to begin graduate school at Purdue, also known as the cradle of astronauts! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After 21 years of Florida sunshine, I packed up all my belongings and embarked on the road trip to Indiana. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The view out my window changed from Florida orange groves to the wide open fields of Georgia, then I </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stopped for a couple nights to recharge in</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the Smoky mountains of North Carolina. On the road again, I snapped some photos of the rolling hills of Tennessee, passed through the horse farms of Kentucky, and I couldn’t miss the corn fields of Indiana! The sight of the Purdue billboards on I-65 confirmed that at last I had arrived!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During my master's studies in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I furthered the development of biological scaffold for the repair and replacement of vascularized tissue </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">under the advisement of Dr. Eric Nauman</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the Human Injury Repair and Replacement Technologies (HIRRT) lab. It was “good stuff” as Eric would say! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For my doctoral studies in the School of Industrial Engineering, I am developing data analytics for automated detection of health and stress states via wearable devices, such as Jawbone UP wristbands. By leveraging data to promote health and human performance, I aspire to improve the health of astronaut crews in space as well as citizens on Earth!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 8-month mission here on simulated Mars is quickly coming to a close. I must say that I am increasingly excited to get back to West LaLa! I can't wait to be on-campus in August and soak in the freshness that comes with the beginning of a new academic year. I look forward to r</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">euniting with my colleagues and waving at some new faces on the "Hello Walk" :) I will never again take that sidewalk for granted! After 8 months of confinement with only five other people, it'll be refreshing to see hundreds of Boilermakers on campus!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Masters, the first major PGA tournament of the year, is played at </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Augusta National golf club, a prestigious, private golf course with only 300 members; the club is invitation only, with members including Bill Gates and Condoleezza Rice. Each of these members receives a green sport coat with the club logo. This</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> iconic green jacket is also awarded to the champion of the Masters tournament each year. P</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">erhaps, golf champions on Mars should be awarded with a green spacesuit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the signature sections of Augusta National is known as “Amen corner” which is a stretch of three holes that have been the stage for much drama over the years. This corner of the course begins with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Number 11 “White Dogwood,” the longest and most difficult Par 4 on the course. It's 505 yards from the starting tee to the middle of the green, whereas the other Par 4 holes are on average about 440 yards. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 2015 Masters champion, Jordan Spieth, has an average drive distance of about 295 yards, so after an average drive, he’d have a 210-yard approach shot into the 11th green.. how would this differ on Mars?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since Augusta National is seated on land that was formerly a plant nursery, e</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ach hole has a name that reflects the plant life decorating the hole. I can only imagine a red, desert-like landscape for a Martian golf course, so the calculations below should be further refined to account for differences in the distance that a ball rolls on carefully manicured grass versus hitting the dust-covered, rocky surface of Mars. However, if 295-yard drives on Earth would carry 635 yards on Mars, here's the Martian equivalent of Augusta National:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The physics of golf is actually simpler on Mars. Without an atmosphere, Mars has just 1% of Earth's air density. Thus, aerodynamic forces such as lift and drag are trivial on Mars with magnitudes less than 10e-6. Simple projectile motion equations that only consider gravity are appropriate for computing the trajectory of a golf ball on Mars. Opposed by only about 1/3 of Earth's gravity, every Mars explorer could hit the ball further than PGA tour players on Earth!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The club head speed of a tour player swinging a driver ranges from 100-150 mph. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Earth and Mars alike, momentum and kinetic energy are transferred from the golf club to the less massive golf ball, resulting in an initial velocity for the golf ball that is higher than the velocity of the golf club. Most of the energy sets the ball into motion, but some of this kinetic energy is lost as the club hits the golf ball; this is accounted for by the coefficient of restitution (which USGA rules dictate should be less than 0.83). A</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">n expression for the initial velocity of the golf ball is found by</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> combining and simplifying the conservation of energy and momentum equations:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let’s compare to the golf ball that I recently hit on simulated Mars (see last post). I was restrained by my spacesuit and only hit my 7-iron about 90 yards, instead of the usual 135 yards when freely swinging. Using simple projectile motion to analyze the corresponding differences in club head speed, I lost about 6.8 m/s (15.2 mph) from swinging in a spacesuit. Even with the handicap of a spacesuit, a tour player on Mars would hit 635-yard drives! Better yell FORE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It feels like Christmas again! I’m basking in the glow of my computer screen as I watch the finished product of my video seminar for Florida Space Institute. The deadline snuck up on me, so it's been a whirlwind! But I’m proud of the finished product and obsessed with the golf footage that I added into it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week, on a whim, before I was reminded of the seminar deadline, I asked Zak if he’d like to go out on EVA with me to hit some golf balls over the weekend. I didn’t realize how hectic of a weekend it would become.. but in the midst of slaving over iMovie, golfing was a timely, much needed break! Zak even designed and 3D-printed some golf balls for the occasion; once added to the few real ones that I brought with me, we had an even dozen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Sunday March 22, the monumental day when golf made it to "Mars" ;) I woke up early, had a cappuccino with Martha, and started practicing for my research presentation. Then, I sat down with the crew for our weekly brunch / debrief meeting to recap events from the last week and make plans for this week. Afterwards, I spent 2.5 hours recording footage in the airlock, which Neil transformed into a media room for me. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At 4:30pm, I emerged from the airlock and asked Martha what time it was! I felt exhausted and lost from all of the video taping, but I did not miss the opportunity for the golf EVA! It was epic!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking back, I’m so thankful to my sister’s husband, Lee who insisted that I take one of his golf clubs with me. My last stop before heading to “Mars” in Hawaii was Naples, FL, as I was soaking up family time and cuddles from my niece Maura. In fact, the day of my flight, I still had lots of little, last minute things to do before I’d be ready to catch my evening flight. However, I just kept putting it off and relaxing with Maura. We played with her toys, watched cartoons, and we didn’t even bother getting dressed for the day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My granddad, aka Papa, comes from Irish heritage. In good humor, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after something unfortunate happens</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, I've heard him cynically say, "Well that's the luck of the Irish!" D</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">espite not finding many </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">four-leaf clovers or</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> pots of gold, the Dunn</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> family has made some lasting St. Paddy's day memories. So yesterday, I </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was proudly wearing my green on "Mars" to celebrate, but o</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ther crewmembers were not so festive.. I had to resort to a bit of pinching! It reminded me of elementary school, which </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is fitting because I've been working a lot lately on preparing outreach presentations for K12 schools, as well as research institutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As part of the preparation, I’ve thought back on TED talks, the gold standard for science communication. In TED talks, the message is always crisp and clear, delivered in a carefully-woven storyline that is both interesting and relevant to society. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems that the merit of science communication can be judged by how clearly and succinctly one can explain research findings and why they matter. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend, it was excruciatingly difficult to pick and choose what to include in a 3-min video explaining the scope and relevance of my research. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can’t imagine what it’s like for the TED speakers who condense an entire research career into one 15-min talk!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To share this “Mars” experience, I need to effectively reduce eight months of dome life into the sound bite of a 3-min, 15-min, or even 30-min talk. Now I’m realizing that this 8-month mission in itself is just a sound bite in contrast to a real Mars mission. It will take eight months just to travel to Mars! The story of our crew is like the abridged version of a book that has yet to be written on the challenges of living and working in a Mars habitat environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A quick overview on other upcoming outreach! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last night, we took some video footage of our sushi meal </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(well, instead of fresh fish, we used canned albacore to make spicy tuna rolls)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as part of our outreach with students in Japan. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, we’ve been working on a comic book for explaining the combination of educational backgrounds, talents, and personalities required for a successful Mars crew (this is still a work in progress, nerdy superpower ideas are welcome!)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And today, we will put together a tour of our habitat for all to see on YouTube sometime soon! Please contact me if you're interested in collaborating on outreach with your local schools! (joceydunn2@gmail.com)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, it seems that everyone had exciting weekends, so I'll share a bit about our epic Pi day celebration!! I even had to make an exception to my Lenten promise of no desserts, because of the special centennial Pi Day this year (3/14/15 9:26:53), just had to participate, also it was the first sunny day in two weeks! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that we actually have enough solar power to run the treadmill (yay for sunshine!) I’m catching up on my mileage (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">current total 25 miles in 28 days of Lent!) slowly </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">running off the pies.. at least there's good sugar in my Irish blood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lately, we’ve had some cloudy, rainy days, so we are not generating enough solar power to support our elaborate cooking or even heating! Turning down the thermostat in order to conserve enough energy to make it through the night, so although</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I am not exactly living in solidarity with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my friends who are suiting up in layers of wool and trudging through the snow,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it’s cold up in here too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rain, rain, I love your sounds, but we might need you to go away soon.. there’s only so much gasoline and hydrogen supply on sMars. Here’s our forecast for this weekend, it’s looking bleak.. but actually much better than it has been! We need sunshine from morning to mid-afternoon for the batteries to fully charge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the rain has made me reminiscent of Florida afternoon thunderstorms in the summertime. I really can smell when rain is coming, and it’s not anything as distinct as those “Fresh rain” candles, just a dampness in the air. Here, though, I certainly cannot smell the rain, since we only go outside in spacesuits, but I do enjoy the sounds of the storms. In yoga this evening, it started raining again just as we went into shavasana (aka corpse pose, lying down and relaxing at the end of yoga). It was blissful! The yoga we did today was an audio class, so I think my sense of sound was on high alert from listening to the instructor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the recording, I could also hear kids playing in the background and at one point I heard a couple seconds of a dog barking. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Such ordinary sounds are making me nostalgic! The other night, I heard a plane flying over. I became so alert and listened intently, savoring it! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sound of the gas generator, which is our backup energy source, also has been reminding me of the ole days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In high school, junior year, there were several hurricanes in a row, such that we had nearly a consecutive month of school closings due to power outages. Still the show went on, I remember finishing up a research paper and dropping it in the teacher’s mailbox, so that we could stay on track with our curriculum. I doubt that'd happen in the school system today.. makes me feel old! And so does the fact that our 10-year high school reunion is this year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During hurricane days, Mom and Dad would hook up the generator to power some of the more critical amenities, such as the refrigerator, freezer, lights, fans, and the stove. I remember Momma Dunn making a huge supply of the best chicken and rice I’ve ever had. Though it was brutally hot without air conditioning, at least we had some good grub and the hurricane breezes ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here we also have a refrigerator and more importantly a lab freezer that we do not want to lose power, but MOST importantly our composting toilets have fans that must keep blowing!! Side note, it will be so strange to flush a toilet when I get out of here, since I'm sure it will feel like such a waste of water. But the water savings here definitely comes at a price, check out Sophie's <a href="http://domesoph.siterubix.com/halfway">great blog post </a>about us being "halfway between Mars and Earth, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">halfway between start and finish, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">halfway between astronaut and plumber!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my last post, I mentioned that here in the isolation of
our home sweet dome, we only have live interactions with each other and an
occasional insect. I went for
a long run on the treadmill yesterday and had some thoughts sparked by a fruit fly. We
setup our treadmill directly in front of the only window in the hab, a small
porthole with a view of the lava fields.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our only view to the outside is through this small porthole, also pictured is a determined fruit fly attempting to return to the outdoors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This fruit fly was desperately trying to get outside,
bumping into the plastic window, regrouping, then diving back in for endless
more attempts. I only
spend time peering out the porthole when running. I can feel my
pupils restrict from the sunshine and enjoy watching the clouds of fog (or vog) sweep
over the generally static, lifeless landscape. We also occasionally glance at beautiful
sunsets out this porthole in the evenings. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But besides while running, I rarely spend time in front of this window. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, I do grasp for the outside world through delayed email and Voxer communications with my friends and family, mostly on a weekly basis. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Such a contrast to this poor fly spending all its time
and energy in front of this window longing for the outside world.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In order for me to let the poor fly outside,
I’d have to catch the bugger, request an EVA, and then go through the airlock
before opening the door and letting em fly away. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m not sure if fruit flies
are just bigger in Hawaii, but this one is quite plump!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We keep a tidy dome, though it seems there’s
plenty of crumbs around to feed our insect friends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for me, I’ve been cutting out sweet stuffs from my diet
lately.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My new year’s resolution was “no
cookies” but I found all kinds of loopholes, such as vanilla wafers, brownies,
etc.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, for 40 days, I’m not eating any
desserts and challenging myself to run 40 miles on the treadmill.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So far, I’m on track with 11 miles in 11
days, and I’ve bypassed my sweet tooth by savoring my daily caramel-flavored
calcium chews, peppermint teas, and even lemon-honey cough drops! I want to moderate my diet, so that I can receive the maximum benefit from our workout regimen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fitness is a primary goal for our crew, as we need to
plan workout activity in order to stay fit while confined to this
small space. As you may know from my other posts, in the first few months, we
completed Tony Horton’s P90X program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, we had one month of a combination of P90X2, Insanity, TurboFire,
and yoga.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was our first week of a
new schedule, we went back to some of our favorite P90X workouts, and
introduced some new Insanity and T25 core workouts. We do 3 weeks of the same
schedule, then have one recovery week of mainly yoga. During some of the
cross-training and plyo workouts, we often wear Hexoskin shirts to quantify and
compare measures such as respiration rate, cadence, and cardiac activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a snapshot from Hexoskin during a plyo
workout with six circuits:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Output from Hexoskin biometrics during a plyo workout with each circuit labeled</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, I put together a video that shows how we are utilizing Hexoskin wearable device technology in tracking our
EVA and workout performance, and it also has some amazing time-lapsed footage
of our surreal views on simulated Mars:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://youtu.be/gX8NWmT2ptc"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://youtu.be/gX8NWmT2ptc</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m sure my Earthlings are getting pumped for Spring Break.
It was always interesting to see how the Purdue gym would become packed in the
weeks before Spring Break as students prepare for their swimsuit debuts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of you enduring such a bitterly cold winter, I
hope you will soon join the Spring Break-ers in an escape to the beach!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the past few weeks, I’ve been feeling out of touch
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daily news headlines and some full articles about what’s happening out there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, I have felt out of the loop, wondering
what I’m missing, and imagining that I will feel lost in conversation once I rejoin Earthly community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thankfully, upon sharing these thoughts with some friends, namely Albane, Kori, and Maddy, these lovely ladies filled me in on
the news that they’ve been hearing about. From these comms, I received a
photo of the famous dress that I’ve been seeing in the news headlines. I showed the crew, and it turns out that 4 of us are seeing blue and black, one sees blue and
gold, and one sees white and gold!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After months of slippers, hiking boots, and athletic wear, I can’t wait
to don a dress! Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised that I’ve already at least
heard about the topics that my friends mentioned, so in reality, I was
not “out of the loop” in terms of knowledge. However, I was lacking the confirmation
that comes from interactions with more than just the occasional insect!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have I really been living in this 1000-square-foot dome for
over 130 days?! After surpassing the halfway point of this mission and feeling
utter disbelief, I’ve been contemplating why I
feel disconnected from time. People say time flies when you’re having fun, or
when you’re busy, or when you’re older, or maybe this is an early sign of space dementia ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps time is lost here in the same way that a person becomes entangled
in a book or a game that they love for imperceptible hours. With the nature
of an isolated and confined environment, we are effectively trapped together. Afterall, besides
the six of us, our live interactions with living things are limited to the
occasional insect and our pet fish, Blastoff McRocketboots! Luckily, we have a balanced crew composition that has made the HI-SEAS dome a happy home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From left to right: Jocelyn (Me), Martha Lenio, Allen Mirkadyrov, Sophie Milam, Zak Wilson, and Neil Scheibelhut (Photo Credit: Neil Scheibelhut)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, the 131st day in the dome, began with chatting over a
coffee with Commander Martha. While conversing via our delayed email communications with mission support, we were quietly working on personal research in
the morning hours. Allen collected our sociometer badges and
uploaded data from our past week of interactions to NASA researchers. With the sunny day
generating more power than our batteries can store, the oven was fired up, and
the creative cooking began. Neil and Sophie masterfully baked a loaf of
gluten-free bread (not an easy feat), and I tried my hand at a (gluten-full)
rosemary bread recipe. By this time, we’d all completed about three to four
surveys about how we’re feeling today. Next, we completely re-organized our
storage container, which was much needed since we recently received a massive
resupply of food inventory to sustain us for the next two months. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Newly installed shelves for our food inventory in the storage container</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soon we
became eager to start our new workout plan. For the next 3 weeks we will spend
Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays with Tony from P90X – Tuesdays and Saturdays
with Shaun T from Insanity – Wednesdays with Yogis – and Sundays with Chalene
from TurboFire. For dinner, Zak and Allen prepared some bomb-diggity homemade
ravioli!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While evading a food coma, we became
engrossed in preparing for tomorrow’s EVA task. Later, some crewmembers entered
an epic game of Carcassonne with all the available expansion packs, while
others opted for catching up on work or writing blog posts ;) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thinking back to how I spent my time last year, here’s what
comes to mind. At the beginning of 2014, I traveled back from Christmas
vacation in Florida to be greeted by -11F weather in Chicago. Day-after-day, I
woke up, took a long, hot shower, gulped down a glass of Florida's Natural OJ, quickly packed some yogurt, granola bars, maybe a salad or sandwich if time
allowed, then hustled to catch one of the L purple line express trains to
Evanston. During my commute, I would either be fully absorbed in whatever
research progress I needed to finish that day or engrossed in some of my
favorite iPhone apps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The treacherous hike to my office on some extremely frigid days</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One time, I completely wiped out on the sidewalk – my pen and notebook went flying – and a good-natured gal nearby blushed trying not to laugh until she noticed that I was laughing too. I promptly decided to take a road trip to Wisconsin to practice snowboarding on the next snowy weekend in January.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After gaining control of both my heel and toe edges, I made plans to hit the slopes of Vail, CO in February with some great friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is astounding </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that I traveled </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3400 miles in flight and 800 miles commuting in the first couple months of last year when compared to the handful of miles that I have trekked this year!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have only traveled about 12-15 miles in 2015 while
exploring the volcanic terrain around our dome, albeit while charting
meticulously. I have hundreds of measurements and scientific photos from our
explorations of lava fields, tubes, channels, and ramparts here to compare
with volumes of text messages, social photos, and bank transactions in 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some "Earthly" favorites, from top left to bottom right: the beach, pizza, Instagram, Chicago skyline and Lincoln Park, mis amigos Shailesh and Nate, outdoor yoga with my amiga Maddy, and catching up with my soul sista Melissa!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As evidence that I don't have space dementia, I can assure you that I can vividly recall most of my days here at HI-SEAS. I have spent far more time recording my experiences during this mission than any other time period in my life. But still, somehow, while I'm here in the dome, there’s this disconnect of not feeling the tick-tocks as time is barreling away. Perhaps I'm finally feeling what it's like to be living in the moment rather than hurriedly approaching a next plan or desire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The restraints of the mission requires a dismissal of impulses. There’s no
procrastination on social media, spontaneous road trips, fast food, or the
option to immediately call a friend for advice when a problem arises. Rather
than logging into Instagram, I access Qualtrics survey systems for five or
more questionnaires per day, spend time journaling each night, and spend Sunday
afternoons in weekly debriefs with the crew. I am thoroughly reflecting on my
time spent here. These reflections are not overly analytical, just
observational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m recognizing and
accepting how I feel, and I’m striving to improve each day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This experience of
living in an isolated and confined environment has given me the freedom - to learn
about myself – to reduce my requirements and live simply – to rule over longings </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">focus on developing my intellect. Though confined to a dome, I have more
freedom than ever before! I still miss my family and friends immensely, and I want to be there with them for fun events and special occasions.. but I know that they understand that this is an exceptional opportunity. And hey, time is flying by. Now that we've surpassed the halfway point, I'll be back to "Earth" in less than the amount of time that I've been away!</span></div>
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JoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-50465474889675664512015-02-15T19:03:00.000-08:002015-02-15T22:22:06.687-08:00Halfway Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guest blog post from Daddio, my first and forever Valentine, Mr. Tommy Dunn!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jocelyn asked me back in November to write a guest blog post. I told her I would after the holidays and after her sister’s wedding. I am generally a private person especially when it comes to family. But I think writing this will be an easy task, since Jocelyn gave me so much information to help me get started with writing my first blog post. She's an amazing woman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">Aloha is a greeting that I thought was well outside the
compounds of Sebring, Florida. But it will stay with me forever now. </span>When people ask what Jocelyn is up to
these days. I tell them she is in Hawaii on top of a volcano, doing
research for HI-SEAS and NASA. Then questions follow. I advise them to google
Jocelyn Dunn and read more about her and the mission. When I mention isolation, they are surprised and wonder if they could do it, most say no. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Myself being
born and raised in Florida, I grew up watching the Apollo program and then the
Space Shuttles lifting off from Kennedy Space Center. We could see them from
Sebring. In elementary school when Jocelyn was assigned her first formal
science project, I suggested that she do something about the space program. By
chance an early morning launch was planned for the very next week. So, Erika
and I got our four children up before dawn, made them a bed in the floor of the
van, and headed out for the 3 hour trip over to Titusville. Once there, we ended up parking next to a TV news truck. Jocelyn pretended to be a news reporter as we recorded the launch
for her class project and witnessed her interest and curiosity in the space program
blossom.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The four Dunn children growing up in Sebring, FL - Jocelyn in green hat, sister Kayla beside her, and twin brothers Eric and Steven enjoying bottles of milk.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let’s begin this with some background in how she reached this point. Jocelyn was an exceptional student, even in elementary school. Her mother and I taught her math and reading at a very early age, I remember her enthusiasm for adding and subtracting long columns of numbers before pre-school. Then by high school, she ran out of math classes to take, so she turned to college math classes. Straight A’s her entire grade school career. I used to jokingly tell her that anything above a C is wasting effort, just trying to protect her from being too hard on herself.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her interests in space led her to Embry-Riddle in Daytona Beach, where she excelled in academics in aerospace engineering and played for the varsity golf team. They did very well also competing in national championship tournaments each year. Then onto Purdue, for graduate school in biomedical engineering and now a PhD candidate in systems engineering. As you can see, she is a very driven and disciplined person, student and athlete.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">When the
HI-SEAS project popped up, she called me very excited and wanted to become a
part of it. As a parent, I cautioned her that spending time isolated, would
change her, and we spoke of missing holidays, friends, family functions,
weddings, funerals, and time in university. I </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">tried to take a very objective look at
what she was saying and advised her to do her homework, find out the who, what,
when, and where of it.</span><span lang="EN"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">She did, then applied, but was disappointed not to get in
on the first </span><span lang="EN">4-month mission. I told her if it was meant to be it'd happen. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It did happen,
in record speed, like a 60 day notice to participate in the 8-month mission. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Jocelyn to make arrangements with her PhD program, find a sub-lease,
and move all of her belongings out of Chicago, was a feat in itself.
Before she went off to Hawaii, we had some </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one-on-one time with her, enjoying some golf, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">good food and spirits </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with neighbors, family, and friends. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Everyone tried to give her lots of positive influence prior to going into the habitat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last hoorah before heading to Hawaii for HI-SEAS 8-month mission</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">As for her Mom and I, we relied on that knowing that she is a smart young woman, and we just need to trust in God and her decision of participating in the project. And just in case, to do our part, her </span>Uncle Billy and I worked out a rescue plan if things didn’t go well in the habitat. Let’s just say he is a helicopter pilot and myself being a firefighter trained in air rescue, it would be a piece of cake in getting her out.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For me, I guess the best way that I can look at this is, that we all could be on a beach somewhere looking out at the ocean and still believing that the Earth is flat. It takes people like these six crewmembers who are willing to sacrifice time away from friends, family and fun events, to move science and research forward. They are pioneers. And Its NASA’s way of doing their homework finding out the who, what, when and where.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">Thank you to
the University of Hawaii for supporting the crew. Thank you to friends, family, and interested readers for encouraging this team. A special note to the six of
you, continue taking care of each other, I know it must be difficult, all </span><span style="text-align: center;">of y</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ou are in my thoughts and prayers. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for
your sacrifice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And congratulations, you're halfway home!</span><br />
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<br />JoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-19442243581957659572015-01-31T19:31:00.004-08:002015-02-01T01:41:33.229-08:00Cinderella Story<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I write this, my little sister is in the midst of her wedding day, looking like a real-life Cinderella, so beautiful and happy in her gorgeous gown. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sent over a wedding toast video and have heard that "there wasn't a pair of dry-eyes in the place." </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was crying too, I'm so disappointed to be missing her big day, it's certainly the worst part about being on this mission. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But all-in-all, I'm still so thankful to be here,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> HI-SEAS is the Mars edition of a Cinderella story for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raising my glass (of non-alcoholic cooking wine) in a wedding toast for my little sister Kayla and brother-in-love Lee Eiland on their big day! Congratulations!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">t is well-known that astronaut selection is an extremely
competitive process. So this HI-SEAS simulated mission may be the closest I ever get to being a real astronaut. In 2013 NASA astronaut selection, there were over 6100 applicants and only eight
candidates were selected. Then for the 0.1% selected from this elite applicant pool,
there are still competitive layers for these candidates to filter through
before donning a spacesuit and living the dream of a spacewalk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the NASA researchers told us a story during training
week that demonstrated the competitive nature of astronaut work-life. He said
that they received negative feedback about one of their behavioral
questionnaires, and it turned out that once they investigated the issue a bit
further, it really had nothing to do with the primary content of the
questionnaire. It was because one of the first questions asked whether or not
crewmembers had been part of EVAs (extravehicular activities) recently. The fact that some of these astronauts were not selected to go on EVA tasks is what made
the question unpalatable!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here on simulated Mars, we have more-or-less a rotating
schedule for the geology task EVAs. Even though we all love going on these long EVAs to explore the volcanic terrain, it has not been a point of contention. We might miss out on a “cool” task from time-to-time, but we all have had
multiple opportunities to don the spacesuits and play pretend astronaut! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thus far, I have only worn the bright yellow-green hazmat
suits (aka "janky" spacesuits). Yesterday, however, I had the pleasure of suiting up in our mock
spacesuit that we are testing for researchers at University of Maryland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check me out!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will gladly volunteer to be a space suit
model if anyone is interested ;) Actually, the suit did fit perfectly as if
it were made for me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was as happy as
Cinderella putting on her lost slipper, and the crew was delighted that it
didn’t take the usual amount of effort for sealing someone inside! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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JoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-77481610423212471892015-01-21T04:58:00.000-08:002015-01-21T04:58:05.070-08:00Surprise, Surprise!<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crew has noted that we
don’t get many surprises here. The l</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">andscape never changes; it’s always
other-worldly, red, and desolate. Our schedules are similar from
week-to-week, and when we do get a surprise, it’s usually a negative, such as a back-up energy system failing to
engage.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, there are many aspects
of this mission that have been pleasant surprises for me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mostly sunny, sometimes cloudy, this surreal vi</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ew </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">never gets old!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Numero Uno: </b> The shower situation is not bad at all! Note that, this is coming from a gal who used to shower for at least 15 minutes per day, and here we each get about 7 minutes per week!! Tonight, I took a 1.5-minute shower and felt clean, satisfied, and refreshed. Well actually, I was in the shower for 10 minutes, but I had the water running for only 1.5 minutes. I can’t imagine going back to my
old routine when I return to Earthly life, it wasted so much water!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Checking the water level in our tanks that “bots” refill about once per month</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Number Two: </b>I underestimated how much I would
crave new music and photos, and I overestimated how much reading I would do here. I
loaded down my suitcase with eight books that I’ve been wanting to read, and unfortunately, I have only read two of them.
What really makes my day is reading emails, seeing photos of family and friends, or hearing a new song that someone sends me. I listen to music most of the day while I am
working, mainly because there’s quite a bit
of background noise (sound-proofed walls are lacking in the dome), and at night we play music of the chef’s choice while having dinner together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Martha and Neil making their own music, aka "Fake Band on Fake Mars" ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Number Three: </b>We are learning so much in the
kitchen! Everything is homemade here, each week, there's at least a couple
days with baking involved.. breads, rolls, pie crusts, bagels, scones, pizza
dough, doughnuts.. you name it, we’ve probably tried it in glutenous and gluten-free forms! As for our main dishes, last week, we did “take-overs” where we each learned to cook one of the
meals that another crew member had made in the past, and that is literally the
first time that any of the meals have been repeated, so much variety and
deliciousness! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also have ice cream parties from time-to-time, started out by trying plain ole vanilla, but since then we’ve had success at nutella gelato and raspberry-lime sorbet. And for me, solely based on learning to make "out of this world" flan, I can say that</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> this mission has been a success!</span></div>
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out with the same five people for eight months in a 1000 square foot dome
would be a hellish contrast. However, time is flying by, the six of us
are still getting along great, and I’m not even bothered by being inside most
of the time. It helps that I have alot of research going on. Also, we have quite the extensive inventory of board
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is researching here is how to facilitate crew autonomy. With missions to
the International Space Station, the crews can still continuously communicate with mission
support. In contrast, with a Mars misison, there is a 20-minute delay as communications
travel the wide-distance between Earth and Mars. S</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ince it is logistically burdensome to rely on directions and orders from mission support, a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mars crew should operate in an autonomous
manner to efficiently achieve goals. I’ve been surprised
by this whole dynamic with mission support. Rather than giving orders,
they are on-call for 12 hours per day, waiting to support our needs, and not only our needs but also
our wants! We receive daily news updates, and we can request recordings
of sports games or special broadcasts like the State of the Union address
earlier.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still feel connected to current events on Earth, even though I have limited internet access and communications with
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in confinement and cooking like we do, you might wonder if we'll be needing some larger clothing in the next resupply ;) However, on the contrary, we actually are becoming healthier and stronger as the mission goes on. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We stay on schedule with our daily
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faced with flu bugs or common colds. A real Mars crew will have other
health concerns that are not simulated here, such as radiation damage from being outside Earth's protective atmosphere and muscle / bone atrophy from working against less gravity.. but on fake Mars, it seems only fat deposits are shrinking!</span></div>
JoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-50606237584683503832015-01-14T14:35:00.001-08:002015-01-14T14:45:54.998-08:00Exploring the New Year<div class="MsoNormal">
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beginning; but instead of a perfect
start to the new year, jumbled thoughts came tumbling down. In shaky penmanship
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cookies ;) No matter how many cookies I will gluttonously consume, I have a feeling
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will be after eight months of cooking everything homemade), beach time, etc.
etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I'm mindful that in life
after the dome I won't be able to wear slippers to work anymore,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While on the EVA yesterday, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my senses could have fooled me into believing that I was scuba-diving in saltwater. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sipped on my camelbak and my lips tasted salty as</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> my eyes burned from the sweat dripping down my face. E</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">xploring lava tubes gave me the illusion of cave exploring in ocean water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Altogether, we</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> explored eight lava tubes, which are cave-like channels where lava once flowed during an eruption. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Our task was to collect data about lava tube size, condition, and formation in order to assess their feasibility as human shelters.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">We targeted skylights which are basically pits where lava once pooled. Some of these skylights were too steep and inaccessible, so we couldn't actually see the lava tube openings, but we were able to climb down into other skylights and check out the lava tube openings.</span></div>
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JoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-61393513519499251822014-12-29T03:15:00.000-08:002014-12-29T03:39:52.691-08:00Dome's First Christmas<div class="p1">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're the first HI-SEAS crew to experience Christmas in the dome. Since previous missions were in the summertime for four months, it seems we're doubling the time and quadrupling the holidays!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For some of us, this was also our</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> first Christmas apart from our families. We tried to carry on Christmas traditions from home, played board games, watched movies, and made delicious treats. We actually used the rest of our sugar supply on cinnamon rolls, cookies, and icing. This should make my New Year's resolution of "no cookies" quite easy until February's resupply!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas in the dome might be as close as it gets to living in a snow globe! Rather than cute puppies and snow-covered fir trees, the contents of our globe includes an indoor garden, six adults in space pajamas, and gadgets galore. Sadly, snow does not fall when NASA gives our world a shake or twirl ;) but magically, we did have a white Christmas with snowfall on the peak of nearby Mauna Kea, as shown in the photo below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Snow-covered top of Mauna Kea in the background with my radio call sign "Fancy" on display, this was a Christmas gift from Neil Scheibelhut aka "Rex"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the holidays, instead of shopping to the tune of classic Christmas songs, we laughed along to “Hung for the Holidays” album.. true story, the Christmas music selection here is rather limited. For gifts, I wrote poems, Martha was knitting, Sophie sewed stockings, Zak baked us treats, Allen made mnemonics in Russian out of our names to describe each personality, and Neil took beautiful photos for us! Thanks and photo credits to Neil Scheibelhut!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After two months of Mars-living, I’m starting to crave some food items from Earth, namely peaches and some type of pork (carnitas or bbq would be awesome), but still I am feeling satisfied thanks to some steady research progress and the desserts galore! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight to celebrate our two-month milestone, our lasagna dinner was followed by brownies with homemade ice cream and fudge topping! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was nice to relax and celebrate, since lately I’ve been slaving over some code for getting data from our Jawbone activity monitors. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are all wearing Jawbone UP wristbands 24-7, enabling constant data collection about our lives here. However, from the Jawbone website, only simplified summaries of daily aggregate data are readily downloadable. So, I recently finished a Python project that digs into the Jawbone UP app for a wealth of full and detailed data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For my research in data analytics, I am collecting and analyzing all kinds of data from the crew, ranging from data about our sleep and activity to recording our meals to logging our entertainment and media usage to identifying physiological markers of stress to tracking the jokes and memes that emerge and fade away!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of memes, the title of this blog post is one of our earliest jokes that still pops up and amuses us. During training week, one of the NASA researchers, Pete, initiated this meme by commenting "it's all data" after we were being silly and ridiculous. It's a bit sarcastic, but also points to a deeper truth that all data has value, even our quirky jokes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Living in this semi-controlled environment presents the opportunity to analyze social, physiological, and psychological impacts that are often too variable and unpredictable in our daily lives on Earth. With limited factors on our lives here, it’s all relatively easy to track. We are not going out to eat, meeting with new people, or catching flights across the US. There’s a predictability that gives promise of good data quality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm tackling projects that would have been overwhelming previously. This big move to "Mars” has been a powerful transition for my personality as well, feeling</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> stronger, happier, and more determined. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Change is good, but at this two-month mark, I am glad that I still have six months to live with this amazing crew and continue the research of my dreams! </span></div>
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<br />JoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-40836852706750101242014-11-20T13:17:00.003-08:002014-12-02T03:43:20.306-08:00Battling against the clock!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">When </span>envisioning life in a dome<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">, my research ambition was inspired by the valuable data to collect and analyze from this experience, </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> a big part of me</span> was excited for<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> leaving distractions of the real world behind. I looked forward to reading a long list of books and imagined these eight months of living in a dome as an intellectual and </span>spiritual<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> retreat.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">We've reached the </span>milestone<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> of </span>completing<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> one month of the mission. In this month, I can say I’ve read exactly one book, and it’s a short one, Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger. The battle for personal time that is fought in our great big worlds on Earth, still blazes from a tiny dome in Hawaii.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After one episode, the crew applied some pressure for another, and even more pressure subsequently, until we watched four episodes of <i>Firefly</i> together!! I definitely lost this battle. Sorry research, forgive my gluttony, I promise to find extra time for you soon! It is crucial that we keep a balance of team and individual goals. If I choose my research all of the time, then our team dynamic will suffer. But </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mission success will also degrade </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">if I am not mindful of my personal responsibilities. </span><br />
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JoceyDunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163685763145574593noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239639144167458260.post-2379442361700407762014-11-10T07:59:00.000-08:002014-11-10T04:57:12.767-08:00On the transition to dome life<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a crew, we're often asked how we prepared for this mission, and my answer to this question has a glaring contradiction. T</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">o prepare for life as a simulated astronaut, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">I worked on my physical fitness, while also eating as much pizza and sushi as I could find! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">I was worried that I would not like the food on “Mars.” I thought I would have trouble adjusting to the 2-min showers.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">I predicted that I might feel cramped, but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to have this dome life focused on research and teamwork.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Now that 25 days have just flown by, I’m thinking the transition back to “Earth” might be harder than our transition to “Mars.” It’s a challenging, busy schedule here, but it's worth </span>every<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> minute, since we are doing stuff I love: research, fitness, satisfying meals, and teamwork. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">I’m a fourth-year PhD student, so I’ve been immersed in research environments for a while now. T</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">he major difference is that the nature of my prior graduate student life was quite solitary. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Learning processes are satisfying and fun on their own, but now I realize how </span>much<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> I've missed working together as part of a team.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At times, it felt as though I was skiing, when o</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">n the way down rocks would start slipping and rolling away. If it was not too steep, sometimes I would decide to just slide along </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> the lava rocks, in my clumsy hazmat suit holding a trekking pole! My golf experience also came in </span>handy as I was <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">pacing yardages to verify GPS calculations. The 1-yard stride I have ingrained</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> on manicured golf course fairways still ended up being quite accurate on the rough terrain of a lava field.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Suited up for hiking (or skiing) through the lava field.. and staying hydrated!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a great day, experiencing awe and wonder as if we really were exploring another planet! We faced challenges, stayed positive, and pulled together to successfully complete the task (estimated 155,500 cubic meters of spatter).</span></span></div>
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