SpecialSetOfSieves

Thanks! They're being thorough with SuperCam and the UV imager again, even if (I suspect) they don't expect fluorescent minerals up here. I imagine this site will get the "full treatment", as Mars Guy puts it.

This latest abrasion hole, with the fair-sized mineral grains it exposes, really makes me wonder about the dark massive rocks capping the hill, which Prof. Ruff tentatively identified as ignimbrites. Everyone came into this mission jazzed about sedimentary geology, but the volanic/igneous history of this place is proving to be pretty interesting, even mysterious.

EDITED an erroneous adjective.

Someone like you, who comes into a calm, science-oriented community with F-bombs and complete cluelessness, should be able to understand this:

I didn't study geology or science for years to answer questions from the likes of you. You want a guide? F*** you, pay me.

No one owes you and your s***ty attitude a damned thing. Don't presume that your talk about "getting interested in science" is fooling anybody or represents anyone else, nor does it make up for your entitlement. Paul Hammond and other volunteers here are doing an amazing job. You want better, do it yourself.

I don't think we need users like Linktank around here.

Aside from the entitlement and total lack of self-awareness on display here, there are plenty of science-aware people who avoid social media precisely because of this kind of cretinous toxicity. I am inclined to increase my "engagement" here, and I've actually increased my scrutiny of this mission because of respectful and genuine questions I've seen online... but when I encounter aggressive BS like this, it doesn't feel worthwhile.

The mission website and associated media can answer basic, er, "questions" like those above, but I actually do think there's more of a need to connect the dots for those who want to actually get a feel for the seriously amazing work this mission is doing. To me Lemmy doesn't seem to be the kind of place where a more detailed guide should be hosted, but I'm open to ideas for how it could be done. I've actually been working for a while on a few posts for this instance myself, but it's a time-consuming process!

Your username works very well here 😁

They've already done an abrasion patch at the 1333 site, and given the mission's emphasis on Pico Turquino, one would assume that they're going to core here as well, but the rover team has been surprising me lately. I must say that the exposed interior we're seeing on 1334 isn't what I expected, but I'd like to see the night-time LED images before getting too caught up here.

Interesting! CacheCam isn't used very often. Would dust on the lens impact operations significantly?

With all the apparent lithologic diversity and patches of flattish bedrock as we've gone higher and higher up the rim, I'd be more surprised if they hadn't thought about coring. They've been shooting a lot more close-ups lately, that's for sure, and not just on the "white rocks". I assumed they were going to wait until reaching some accessible, heavy and stable boulder at Pico Turquino, and I still think they will. Nonetheless, it would be hard to miss the pretty distinct geologic units as we've sidled up to that hill, and erosion clearly has some interesting tales to tell around here. I definitely haven't been able to complain about the rover climbing too fast and blowing past interesting stuff lately.

ZOMG

We're actually backtracking?!?! What have they done with Ken Farley - has he been kidnapped?? He'd never stand for actually going back and deviating from the Mission Plan...