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Sols 4255-4256: Only Going through

.Finding ourselves less than a gauge from our confident end-of-drive on Monday, our company started on an incredibly knowledgeable plan: Starting along with an upper arm basis for clearing away dirt and also using APXS to examine a bedrock intended named "Russell Pass," positioning the upper arm off the beaten track for image resolution, devoting simply over a hr on Mastcam image resolution and ChemCam LIBS on Russell Pass, after that one more arm foundation for MAHLI pictures of Russell Pass, and ultimately a ride in the afternoon. These programs, termed "touch-and-go" plans, are actually usually occupied at the start and decrease in the end. Our travel this time is actually prepared to go ~ 10 gauges almost wonderfully east as well as leaving our moving virtually completely west. If on Friday, our steering wheels are actually solidly on the Martian ground and also there is a flat-enough bedrock surface to put our exercise, our team may be remaining for an additional 2 weeks while our company attempt as well as collect an additional Gediz Vallis channel example. And also considering that our experts steer backwards with the branch occupying the rear end, our experts might even possess a workspace we've currently steered over - with any luck exposing some inner bedrock even just before drilling.