As you can see, our mini-drill over the weekend went well, so we are GO fordrilling "Big Sky" on sol 1119! The hope is that this location will provide agood sample of the "typical" rock in the area to compare with some of theinteresting
As you can see, our mini-drill over the weekend went well, so we are GO for
drilling "Big Sky" on sol 1119! The hope is that this location will provide a
good sample of the "typical" rock in the area to compare with some of the
interesting alteration we’ve been seeing. Along with the drilling, there will
be a bunch of MAHLI documentation images of the hole from varying distances and
angles.
On sol 1120, ChemCam will target the drill tailings, along
with the targets "Devil’s Basin", "Livingston," and "Deadwood." Mastcam will
document the drill hole and all of the ChemCam targets. Then, later in the day
on sol 1120, Navcam and Mastcam both have some atmospheric observations. And of
course, in the background DAN, RAD, and REMS will be doing their routine
monitoring as always. By Ryan Anderson -Ryan is a planetary scientist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center and a member of the ChemCam team on MSL. Dates of planned rover activities described in these reports are subject to change due to a variety of factors related to the Martian environment, communication relays and rover status.
Written by Ryan Anderson, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center
