Mission Day: 03

Day Three.
 
Today was again a day of EVAs and exploration of the surrounding area. The morning EVA team included the Crew Commander, Chad, Gord, and Tom. They went and explored the Sarlac Pits and explored the lava tubes there. In the afternoon, Olav and Kent went out to AT1, AT2, and AT3 and explored those lava tubes.
 
Our principle focus however for the CBHMM1 team is our study of cognitive fatigue. Included again below are my brain health and performance scores and again you can see they are trending down. 

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How can we be fatigued already? Quite simply, we had a long trip out and went straight into two intense days of training. After that, the mission began and as we have found life in the habitat is stressful and busy. There is literally always something to do – whether it is equipment checks, preparing for the next EVA, preparing meals, etc. And of course, the neuroscience of it all.
 
As noted, our tech seems to be working quite well. We are able to do a full brain health and performance assessment in under 20 minutes (the fatigue assessment by itself takes only 5 minutes). 

Given the mission so far, I am more convinced than ever of the use of this type of technology for space exploration. While we are in simulation, there have been any number of “accidents” already – simple mistakes that have technically broken the simulation that would have killed one or all of us in a real environment. As such, it will be imperative during space exploration to have a capability to peer into the human brain and see what is going on.
 
And that is literally what our tech does – it allows us to peer inside the brain and see that is happening.
 
The MUSE EEG headband is proving to be as reliable as ever. Within seconds we have quality EEG streaming into our iPads. And the PEER app by Suva Technologies is working exactly as expected. The brain performance tests are quick and easy and the onboard data analysis is proving to be as accurate as offline analysis as expected.
 
Tomorrow brings a new day and more exploration. Time is flying by, but all of the crew are motivated and excited.
 
Goodnight from Mars.
 
O. Krigolson
 
End of Report

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