Curiosity update: ‘Heater table update’

Sol 1180, November 30, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The MAHLI wheel imaging planned for Sol 1179 completed nominally, and the initial assessment showed no broken grousers.  The rover is now poised to begin testing mobility in the dark sand in front of the vehicle, but first a table used onboard to determine when heating is needed must be updated.  No heating is allowed this sol after the update, which limits the activities that can be planned.  So it was a relatively quiet day for the science planning team, with a Navcam search for clouds and… [More at link]