Slight Delay to Curiosity’s Attempt to Ascend the Pediment

The drive up the slope immediately beneath pediment in the sol 2688-2689 plan did not execute for reasons that were well understood and straightforward to resolve in today’s plan. We planned to recover the drive and other activities in our 2-sol weekend plan. We are still at the “Hutton” drill site, and decided to continue characterizing the varied geochemistry of interesting vein systems we have been observing within the bedrock underlying the pediment. APXS was planned on two vein targets, “Dounreay” and “Dunbartonshire,” and ChemCam on a different vein, “Glen Cannich,” “Glenmoriston” and a depth profile on a previous target, “Glen Rosa.” MAHLI will image the two APXS vein targets and Mastcam will image the ChemCam targets.