Expedition I Weekly Status Report (Week 01 - 23/02/07->01/03/07)

STATUS REPORT

Date Released: Friday, 2nd March 2007

Source: Space Ants Blog

Current crew: Expedition I, ~25 members

This exciting week started with the arrival of the crew by Royal Mail on Thursday, the 22nd of February.

After a short stay in a BOSCH Exxcel refrigerator for 15 minutes, the crew was finally transferred to their Ant Space Habitat (ASH-1) one day later.

The crew only adapted slowly to their new environment, sticking to the initially supplied nutrient paper. Only after this paper was removed 24 hours later, did they hesitantly start digging tunnels.

The first feature they constructed was a small cave, Anatolia Den, where most of the crew lingered throughout the rest of the week.

Construction work was incredible fast during the weekend, where noticeably a connection between two lochs could be established by the creation of Highway 1. Later, Highway 1 was extended towards north-west and led to the birth of Loch Eck - the first naturally created loch.

In the early days, unfortunately, one crew member was killed by a rockfall in the Espirto Santo mountain area. It may well have been their chief designer, judging from the way construction is happening.

All in all impression is that there apparently exists no master plan. Tunneling comes to pass very "ad hoc".

At the end of the first week, construction slowed down significantly and virtually came to an end, which raises lots of serious concerns about the overall health of Expedition I. It seems that some members never leave Anatolia Den, are slack and inanimate.

The next status report will be issued in a weeks time, and not earlier - even if events warrant. For more about the crew's activities and habitat sighting opportunities, visit:

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