NAMMA — NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Mission

NAMMA - NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Mission Planning Update Mike Gaunce NASA ESPO June 5, 2006

Presentation Overview • • • Mission Schedule PI Requirements Summary Cape Verde Site Survey Cape Verde Info Travel & Logistics Info Open Issues CAVEAT: This planning info is subject to change!

Current Mission Schedule June 2006

Current Mission Schedule July 2006

Current Mission Schedule August 2006 MRR = Mission Readiness Review UND = Univ. North Dakota Airlift = C 5 aircraft ORR = Operations Readiness Review SAL = Sal, Cape Verde ESPO = Earth Science Project Office Sal,

Current Mission Schedule September 2006

PI Requirements Summary • A request went out 5/25/06 requesting PI input by 5/31. • Received responses (16) from all PI/Instrument groups. • Summary of Requirements: • No wet lab, dry ice, or dedicated instrument lab space requirements. • Various shipping requirements provided. • Sal: LN 2, compressed gases, and chemicals required. • Praia: No LN 2 required. Gases (e. g. , helium) and chemicals to be shipped via surface. • If you have additional support requirements (e. g. , IT, shipping), please let ESPO know ASAP.

Cape Verde Site Survey May 29 -Jun 3 2006 • Conducted site survey of Sal and Praia airports, hotels, and ops center, and local area. • Assessed basing sites for radiosonde balloons and SMART-COMMIT trailers. • Held meetings with INMG, airport management, AGE providers, transportation, communications, etc. • Approval granted by Cape Verdean government to conduct mission. • Site survey report to be prepared.

Where on Earth……

Cape Verde Islands General Info • Republic of Cape Verde. Nine principal islands located 300 miles W of Senegal. Capital, Praia. • Official Language: Portuguese. • Currency: Escudo ($1 USD= 86 CV Escudos) • Visas: Required for all visitors. • Telecommunications: DSL and mobile phones available through national monopoly (Cabo Verde telecom). Phones are GSM (900) with SIM and phone cards available for purchase. Country code for Cape Verde is 238. • Time: Cape Verde standard time is UTC/GMT -1 hour. • Power: 220 V, 50 Hz. • USG Per diem: $109/80 for Sal Island, $112/74 for Praia

Sal Island • DC-8 Ops: Amilcar Cabral Airport • 16. 4˚ N latitude, 22. 6˚ W longitude, about 20 km • 12 miles north of the city of Santa Maria • 2 km from the island capital, Espargos • Santiago Island (Praia) 125 miles to the south.

Sal Airport

Travel & Accommodations • Hotels • Hotel Riu Funana, Santa Maria, 238 -242 -9064. • Full service, inclusive resort. • Wireless available in lobby (cost and bandwidth in work). • 12 mi south of A/P, 2 mi to town center. • Payment: Visa credit card, cash, or wire transfer. • Rate: 80 Euros/night ($103) • ESPO (Sue Tolley) submitting room reservations. • Need names/dates by June 12, 2006. • Transportation. • • • Shuttle bus from hotel to airport (starting Aug 12 th). Rental cars very limited and very expensive ($100/day). Taxi: • From Hotel to A/P - 1000 CVE. • From Hotel to town - 200 -300 CVE.

Riu Funana Hotel

Travel & Accommodations - 2 • Air travel. • Some seats available on DC-8 and C-5. • Provide request to Sue Tolley. • Commercial Air • • • Currently, there are no U. S. carriers flying directly to Sal. South African Airways currently has a direct flight from Atlanta. TACV, the Cape Verdean airline, has weekly service from Boston. There are connections from Dakar (through Praia). Best (cost) connection via Lisbon (TAP or TACV to Sal). Visas. • Sue Tolley can submit for visa on arrival for U. S. citizens. • Will need passport info, etc. • Visa can also be obtained through CV Embassy in Washington. • Health and Safety • • • Do not drink tap water; buy bottled water. Take whatever prescription and OTC medications you might need with you. The sun is hot!

Lab Description & Support • Lab Space • Identified for all locations. • Layouts to be provided. • Please bring any required power adapters, transformers, etc. • Network • • • Labs have 0. 5? MB minimum shared connection. Ethernet connection plus wireless. DHCP to be provided (details still in work). Please be sure to have virus protection SW on your computer. Administration & support provided by ESPO. • In-field data archive provided by MSFC.

Security & Access • Badging required for lab and ramp access. • Sue Tolley collecting required info for badge request. • Name, DOB, PPN, etc. • Copy of passport. • Electronic photo (jpeg). • Security briefing required upon arrival. • Badges must be displayed. • 24/7 access. • Reflective vest required while on ramp.

Shipping • All gasses, cryogens, and chemicals will need to be shipped. • • ESPO will ship DC-8 instrument & aircraft support equipment from UND to deployment site via airlift and will return the equipment to UND at the end of the project. • • Dry ice availability TBD. Not handling surface shipments. ESPO (Q. Allison) will be contacting you regarding your shipment.

Communications • Meetings & Briefings • On science flight days: Pre-flight briefing 2 hours prior to T/O. • On non-flight days: • Flight Planning team mtgs • Science team mtgs • Public Affairs, Education, and Outreach • Press release & info in work. • Local tours. • NAMMA mission web site. • In the field…… • Phone lists provided after site arrival. • News, schedules, & activities posted in office areas and web site.

Other Misc Information • NAMMA web site: • TBD • U. S. State Department Consular Information Sheets: • http: //travel. state. gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_1083. html • Cape Verde portal: • http: //virtualcapeverde. net/news 2/index. php • Cabo Verde 24: • http: //www. caboverde 24. com/

Deployment Contact Info • ESPO Contact Info • • Mike Gaunce Project Manager mgaunce@arc. nasa. gov 650 -604 -1266 Marilyn Vasques Dep Project Manager mvasques@arc. nasa. gov 650 -604 -6120 Sue Tolley Project Coordinator • stolley@mail. arc. nasa. gov 650 -604 -6033 Quincy Allison Shipping & Logistics • qallison@mail. arc. nasa. gov • • 650 -604 -3493 C: 650 -575 -9415 C: 408 -431 -7560 C: 650 -455 -4963 C: 650 -455 -4964 Dan Chirica Network & IT chirica@cloud 1. arc. nasa. gov 650 -604 -0463 DC-8 • Rick Shetter NSERC Director r. shetter@nserc. und. edu • 701 -777 -6040 Brenda Mulac Mission Manager brenda. mulac@gsfc. nasa. gov 757 -824 -2454 C: 701 -330 -2126

Open Issues • Secure military airlift. • Confirm and install required communications infrastructure in Sal and Praia. Note: Please provide hotel, travel, visa, and badging info to ESPO ASAP.

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