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Sols 4257-4258: A Little Nudge on Kings Canyon

.The Drill Sol 1 plan possesses 2 purposes-- 1st to figure out if our aim for, Kings Canyon, complies with the scientific research crews requirements for tasting-- for example, is it compositionally appealing? The 2nd purpose is to find out if the rock and also certain aim for, are actually safe to pierce can easily it take care of the troops from the drill, for example. Our team phone this activity a "exercise preload exam." Consequently, the main tasks in today's planning are the preload test as well as get in touch with science on Kings Gulch-- our experts will to begin with brush the intended to remove area dust and then take close-up imaging along with our MAHLI tool and also compositional information with our APXS instrument.