Day 129
Mood:  chillin'
We're at an almost perfect time here on the ICSE. We haven't had a technical problem since the MEM broke down on Mars. We're still getting telemetry from the Phobos probe at Deimos and the probes we sent to Mars. And of course we are still on course for Earth. Because the fuel processing part of the mission went so well, we have extra fuel for initiating artifical gravity rotation. And as long as the control-moment gyros function properly, we'll have gravity for the entire trip to Earth. Also, Melody and Taira continued studying some of the Martian samples on board. As for simulation training, these days it's not as extensive as before. The sims primarily involve practice runs for our aerocapture with Earth. Going through aerocapture was definitely scary the first time, but I don't think I'll be as scared when we do it the second time. I guess it's because even if aerocapture at Earth fails, at least we'll have finished 99 percent of the mission.