TTYL, Rich
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From: Brandon Devlin
Subject: Questions
Date: Sagittarius 37, 0031 20:08
To: Emma Devlin
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M, my love,
I hope your school day went well. I just read your email and these are some great questions. That’s a pretty bright class you have. Hard to believe they’re only sixth graders. Not sure I was so bright at that age. Ha, ha. As I said before, the only things I remember about the sixth grade were the girls. Ok, most grades. LOL So, let me see if I can come up with some answers for these awesome questions.
* How does the whole crew work in the small space of the habitat without getting in each other’s way? Aurora – Gemini 37, 0025 (02-07-2006)
Well, it’s not too difficult. First of all, the Habitat is larger than it appears, with three decks each having about 530 square feet of floor space. So it’s kind of like living in a house with almost 1600 square feet. In the image below, you can see how big Bolo One really is:
Secondly, we are working in shifts; two people at a time will be sleeping in the two usable beds. We have six staterooms onboard, but four of them are filled with items we will need when we get to Mars. Actually, we each use our own pillow and sleep sack on top of the mattress, so we’re not really sleeping ‘in the bed’. The good part is, once we are on the ground and those other bedrooms are emptied, we’ll each have our very own bedroom.
We work an eight-hour shift (though there really isn’t much work to do until we get to Mars) and then are off with eight hours of free time before turning in. We get seven hours on the bed, and then have an hour to get ready for work and eat breakfast.