Curiosity update: ‘…Coolest job in the world’

Sol 894-895, February 9, 2015, update from USGS Scientist Lauren Edgar: The planning day kicked off to a great start, with the SOWG Chair (Aileen Yingst) reminding us that we do have the coolest job in the world. I’m the Geology Theme Lead today, and it certainly feels like an exciting job.  In this plan we’ve managed to use almost every instrument onboard the rover to characterize the most recent drill sample and the surrounding environment.  First we’ll dump the post-sieve sample, and then we’ll ‘thwack’ and vibrate… [More at link]