Day 10

Today the probe has finally reached the soil after this desert, but so far it's been the only good news. Analysis didn't show any organic materials, only a higher amount of phosphor and sulfur, like it was at the landing zone. In this new area the landscape is pretty odd — the surface is covered with some kind of partially bursted balloons, like it used to be a place of volcanic activity, that just freezed in a few instances. Not even our specialists can tell right now what it is. Until we can be sure that those things are safe to approach we will keep our distance.
We keep on looking around the probe through its cameras. Sociotherapist separated us into teams, two people each, so that we could keep track of probe's movement for four hours straight. I was accompanied by my assistant, which means, that I won't be able to, most likely, become friends with the guy — all the teams were made in a way that there will be no conflicts as well as no other forms of behavior that will distract is from the task. It's a bit sad, really: I was hoping I will be able to get to know Chen better on the surface at least, during our work — after all, who knows how long we're going to stay here, and working in silence all the time seems to me as extremely boring perspective.

Our shift starts in four hours, so I'm going to see John, while I still got time. We can always find something to talk about.