IE: He doesn't want to find himself out on the surface in the middle of the night without an E-suit, right? lol<br/><br/>It should be expected, even by the company, that a settling in period is reasonable as none of them have actually dealt with being on another planet, at 1/6th gravity after 9 months of sleep and/or inactivity. A few days of less than nose to the grindstone activity should probably be tolerated, as long as the important work is getting done (IE, Life Support is running, clean-up's on aisle 6 getting done and everyone is, generally pulling a fair work day.<br/><br/>On one hand, it's not totally inaccurate of a view that the Mission Commander, DMC and Security Chief in particular would have a high demand day, but as things start-up and the expected unexpected emergencies will crop up almost immediately and the needs to get things settled in and working programs started, the demands will be higher than many others. Administrative functions are always more demanding than people think and they will not have a set "on" and "off" duty schedule for the foreseeable future.<br/><br/>I think Laura and Louise just got a quicky knowing that down time will be scarce for several days, if not weeks yet. There's a lot to do to bring a 30 year idle  facility up to full operation and make sure that nothing blows up in their faces.<br/><br/>On that note, the second shuttle load of colonist would probably be at least 3 or 4 days out because it wouldn't make sense to put more people on the ground until it's all running and the big issues are solved.