You can see from the inset on this map that we have started driving again, south towards the higher ground, though in small distances compared to some of the long ~100 m drives we did earlier in the mission. The inset (from HiRISE) superimposed on a HazCam image, shows how one of the important things we have learnt with MSL is what terrains like this look like on the ground. That is important for ExoMars landing site selection for instance. On Friday I visited Airbus in Stevenage where the ExoMars rover is being built, and this new ‘ground truth’ was one of the topics of discussion.
27th October 2014 Sol 791
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This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards... I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions. You can also follow the planetary science activities with @LeicsPlanets Professor John Bridges, School of Physics and Astronomy
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