Photos of the Day: July 14, 2008 - HMP RS

[Note: Click "Read More" below for my personal journal that I am keeping as Mars Projects Manager for the Space Frontier Foundation. See MarsOnEarth.org for the daily status reports for the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) that I post as EPO for the Mars Institute.]

After a hearty breakfast (they always have fine camp cooks here for the HMP) I readied my camera for the helicopter landing. The helicopter will support HMP researchers in carrying equipment to traverse locations. With my zoom lens I felt a bit closer to the helicopter than I really was!

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Today I interviewed the folks in the medical tent and will be editing that video in the next few days. The medical research this season is led by Dr. Jean-Marc Comtois, the Head of Operational Space Medicine at the Canadian Space Agency. They spoke happily about their rather complex plans this season for about a half an hour. I realize now why interviewers have a separate camera person and a mic boom holder. I must say though, they have great lighting in the medical tent.

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I uploaded my first set up photos for the Mars Institute. They will give you a good idea what the surrounding area of the HMP base camp looks like. HMP Photo Set - July 14, 2008

This is definitely a full time job. I could use a small crew to help. I will do my best to get personal journals up here in a timely manner but it has to come after I've finished my other duties for the Mars Institute - status reports, photos, youtubing, and twittering!

over and out.
-Elaine

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Elaine Walker

Mars Projects Manager
Space Frontier Foundation
marsfrontier.org