David Levine's Mars Journal

In January 2010, I spent two weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station, a simulated Mars base in the Utah desert, as part of Crew 88. This page collects my posted journal entries and photos in one easy-to-find place.

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Journal Entries

MDRS-88: Preflight (12/25/09 - 1/7/10)
MDRS-88 sol 0: Grand conjunction (1/8/10)
MDRS-88 sol 1: Arrival (1/9/10)
MDRS-88 sol 2: Infant mortality (1/10/10)
MDRS-88 sol 3: In sim (1/11/10)
MDRS-88 sol 4: Mr. Fix-It (1/12/10)
MDRS-88 sol 5: Water on Mars (1/13/10)
MDRS-88 sol 6: Life on Mars (1/14/10)
MDRS-88 sol 7: Engineering (1/15/10)
MDRS-88 sol 8: Picking cotton on Mars (1/16/10)
MDRS-88 sol 9: The music of the spheres (1/17/10)
MDRS-88 sol 10: Snow Day (1/18/10)
MDRS-88 sol 11: Completions (1/19/10)
MDRS-88 sol 12: Snow Day on Mars (1/20/10)
MDRS-88 sol 13: Rainy day fun on Mars (1/21/10)
MDRS-88 sol 14: Cleaning up (1/22/10)
MDRS-88 sol 15: Re-entry (1/23/10)
MDRS-88: Grand disjunction (1/24/10 - 1/26/10)

For More Information

Here are some other sources of information on MDRS-88:

MDRS home page: http://desert.marssociety.org/MDRS
Official bios for the members of MDRS Crew 88: http://desert.marssociety.org/mdrs/fs09/crew88/
Official daily logs and some photos: 01/09 | 01/10 | 01/11 | 01/12 | 01/13 | 01/14 | 01/15 | 01/16 | 01/17 | 01/18 | 01/19 | 01/20 | 01/21 | 01/22
Crew 88 summary report: http://www.marssociety.org/portal/crew88summ/

Other Crew Members' Blogs

Other crew members kept blogs of their own:

Chief Engineer Laksen Sirimanne's personal blog: http://laksensblog.blogspot.com
Astronomer Paul McCall's personal blog: http://paulgoestomars.blogspot.com
Biologist Diego Urbina's personal blog (in Spanish): http://www.eltiempo.com/blogs/dejame_mi_espacio/
Health and Safety Officer Bianca Nowak's personal blog (in Dutch): http://bloggen.be/biancagoestomars/

Media

I've had several appearances in the media since my return:

David Levine Just Got Back From "Mars" (Willamette Week, 2/14/10)
Portland science-fiction writer David D. Levine spends two weeks on Mars -- in Utah (The Oregonian, 2/15/10)
Life on Mars... or at least a close facsimile (KGW-TV, 2/20/10)
Mars Mission on Earth (KATU-TV, 2/26/10)

I also gave a five-minute talk about my trip at Ignite Portland 8:

This page created and maintained by David D. Levine, dlevine@spiritone.com. Last modified March 8, 2010.

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