On Sol 513, as the SOWG Chair, I spent my day planning the rover’s activities. The main focus of these activities was to capture a full set of MAHLI images of the wheels. To achieve this, we planned short drives in between imaging sessions to cover the entire surface of the wheels. However, we had to be mindful of the power requirements for these activities and ensure that we didn’t drain the rover’s battery too much.
Despite this constraint, we were able to include some post-drive scientific tasks in our plan. We used DAN to actively measure hydrogen below the surface and conducted a cloud search using Navcam. Additionally, we took necessary imaging to plan targeted observations for Sol 514.
The planning process started earlier than usual, as command sequences needed to be sent to the rover by 5 PM Pacific time. Despite not being as early as the previous day when it was still dark out during my commute to work, it was still a busy and productive day planning for the rover’s activities on Sol 513.
