.Browsing the ruggedized, severe Martian landscapes is actually consistently a difficulty, and also our current attempt to get to the “Lamb Creek” intended highlights this. Our company had actually pursued tiny, remote brilliant rocks, but from 50 meters away (concerning 164 feet), the restricted settlement of our pictures produced it difficult to fine-tune navigation. After an ambitious ride, the rover happened uncomfortably close– stopping just short of these little bright rocks.
The stones, with their distinct pivoted and also pitted “weathering” design (envisioned), definitely are similar to elemental sulfur blocks out that our team have actually faced prior to. Frustratingly, although the intended stones were right under the frontal wheel and also plainly visible in our navigation cams, they stayed just out of range of the wanderer’s division.