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[climber]

When we we're around Sol 90 and since, Steve and All repeat time after time, that they manage the rovers as if it was the last Sol of their life. What I read now, from Steve, from Des Marais and others is that they plan a full Exploration of VC for the months to come. We need for sure to have a plan of Exploration but, what do you think they/we can do after the upper conjunction is over and once we've got and studied the first big pancam of Victoria? I'm talking about TOTAL break-up, so you want to get as much science as possible. You've got to plan (nearly) sol after sol, setting up priorities.
It's may be too early to start this as it'll depend on what the big pancam will tell us but, in another hand, will you plan a big loop if the grand prize is on the other side with a risk of break-up and NO science or what?
This topic can be updated as we go.

[dvandorn]

I seriously think that the plan is going to be to get up on top of *both* of the capes to get a good stereo view of about 80% of the crater's walls, and then (if it's navigable) take Duck Bay down to see what the outcrops look like from here.

After getting as much "first look" data as we can from the layers exposed on this portion of the rim, we can go to the now-well-studied pans from the capes and plot out where else on the rim to go next.

This strategy maximizes the chances of getting a good look at the extent of exposed strata at our current location, and gives the boys in the back rooms a chance to develop the smartest possible plan for gettkng the most out of the rest of the crater...

-the other Doug