Beyond Lewis and Clark Gap, Sol 4482- (September 2, 2016-) |
Beyond Lewis and Clark Gap, Sol 4482- (September 2, 2016-) |
Sep 2 2016, 06:05 PM
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Our first good look through the gap:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol4482 |
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Oct 5 2016, 04:00 PM
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A sketch of future plans from the latest PS update:
QUOTE Once her work at Gasconade is done, Opportunity will rove on, driving southwest through the rim and then angling to motor up a Cape Tribulation slope to targets at the top of the hill. QUOTE The longer-term objective is to head south across the plains or along the apron on the western side Endeavour’s west rim and over to Cape Byron where there’s a gully believed to have been carved by water or a liquid debris flow. QUOTE "...we will exit the gully much farther into the crater than we are now at Spirit Mound,” said Arvidson. “There are a set of benches we'll drive across and one of them could be an outcrop of Matijevic Formation."
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