Curiosity update: ‘Late planning’

Sol 819, November 24, 2014, update from USGS Scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “The difficult 35-meter drive planned for Sol 817 went perfectly, placing the rover in position for arm activities on the Alexander Hills outcrop. We also received good news from ChemCam: test images acquired on Sol 816 showed that the instrument can still acquire data without using the autofocus laser…  We had lots of interesting rocks [right] to choose from, and decided to brush a target dubbed Mescal…” [More at link]