The HabForum

I'm going to try and do this without giving too much away. I won't say where you sleep. Some people may be allowed to shower. The EDM is 8am Friday to 8am Saturday so you're really not there for all day saturday. After the mission you have time to get ready for grad (and in our case pack). As for clothes, most of us wore our flightsuits. It was the easiest way to keep warm in the station and orbiter.

so do we take a shower and change, or do we stay in the same clothes?

Like I said it depends. Most of us just stayed in the same clothes.

cool. thanks!

At long last... the Day 6 journal:

Day 6: Today was really laid back. We got up, we ate breakfast, and we had rocket launch. (launch details left out) We then had our third guest speaker... interesting, but mainly due to all the side questions we asked her. After the speaker was lunch. We then had water activities... nothing special there. When that was over, we went back to the Hab to shower, do stuff, and then it was time for dinner. Stuff deleted. Then we had a briefing up in the Corporate Classroom where we learned about our mission timeline and some of the details of the mission... tomorrow, it's finally time! It is going to be amazing, and I definitely can't wait!

Day 7: Breakfast... EDM...

Day 8: EDM... breakfast... prep to leave... grad...

I love your day 7 and day 8 entries.

since we are not sleeping in our beds for the edm, should i bring a sleeping bag or something?

no, unless you want to.

hmm, either a sleeping bag, or lysol. its a toss up...

Lysol? I won't ask...

Neither sleeping bags or Lysol are on the packing list. I'm sure everything one requires that is NOT on the packing list will be provided to you if/when you need it.

Laura mentions something about wearing flightsuits to keep warm during the EDM. Have they refrigerated the TCF like the Habitat? I don't recall it being cold in there. In the pictures I have most people are wearing shorts, even in October. (When, if I might add, it snowed at home the entire week I was gone!)

lysol is a given. its always comes with me when i go to camp!

if we have to sleep on the floors, im thinking it'll be more comfy to sleep in a sleeping bag.

im known for bringing WAY more that is on that check list...the list has practically nothing on it!

but sleeping bags are bulky and didnt you want to keep your luggage size to a minimum. laura or someone else who went would it make sence to bring a throw blanket?

i ALWAYS have to bring a blanket. its a must for sleeping in the hab.

Some people did bring a blanket. As for during the mission the station and orbiter can get pretty cold. Trust me. The easiest way to stay warm besides bringing in bunch of clothes is the flightsuit. Most of mine team wore ours for the entire mission.

Well, I know I didn't, but it's that whole guy vs. girl physiology thing... guys don't feel the cold as much.

lol, thanks for that info!

MNathaniel wrote:Well, I know I didn't, but it's that whole guy vs. girl physiology thing... guys don't feel the cold as much.

There were guys that wore it. Four of the guys to be exact.

I think i'm gonna bring a emergency blanket for extra warmth lol. Or i could just steal one from the med kit.

lol. we can freeze together! i can't sleep when im cold. maybe ill bring a sleeping bag just for the second week...hmmmm...

I'm back Monday I had my wisdom teeth taken out. For the rest of monday I slept the drugs off. Tuesday I still was hurting but not bad. Today I am hurting just a tad bit.