After taking a second look at our "Maria Gordon" drill sample by SAM, we're still debating on whether to stay for a second drill attempt here or move along to look at some nodules in the bedrock before Conjunction (when we do not command Curiosity because Mars is on the other side of the Sun).
After taking a second look at our "Maria Gordon" drill sample by SAM, we're still debating on whether to stay for a second drill attempt here or move along to look at some nodules in the bedrock before Conjunction (when we do not command Curiosity because Mars is on the other side of the Sun). While some targets may remind you (ok, maybe just me) of food, today's bedrock target "Scone Palace" (pronounced more like "schooner" than the tasty pastry) will give us another measurement of the nearby surface while we image "Siccar Point" for a third time from this location with Mastcam and ChemCam RMI to get different lighting angles to enhance the amazing textures and details we see there.
Written by Fred Calef, Planetary Geologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
