So now I know the scope of each of the final chapters of my #CuriosityBook. In each chapter, I'll talk about the routine challenges of driving on Mars, the decisions about what to explore, and the Mars science that we learned from it.
Vera Rubin Ridge (sols 1726-2302)
Glen Torridon (sols 2302-3052)
Clay-Sulfate Transition (sols 3052-3572)
Into the Sulfates (Sols 3572-3644 and beyond)

And now, it's time for me to read lots and lots and lots of papers.

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My next stop for information on rover activities is the Analyst's Notebook, a browse tool to landed spacecraft data hosted by the Geosciences node of the Planetary Data System, which is located at Wash U. St. Louis. Do you like data from space? Check this out. I love the Analyst's notebook for how it provides an interface to a whole data collection together.
https://an.rsl.wustl.edu/

This part may take me a while as I swim in #OpenData

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My first book gave a very brief overview of the mission up to sol 1648, at which point the rover had crossed the Bagnold dune field and was headed to Vera Rubin Ridge. At JPL's "Where Is the Rover Now?" page I can see a dynamic map of the rover's position and past route. It's now sol 3771.
https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/where-is-the-rover/
The pics here are from my book and a screencap from the JPL website. #CuriosityBook #scicomm #science #space

It's a writing day today! It's been a long time since I've paid close attention to #Curiosity activities, so today my goal is to orient myself to time and place on the mission. In this thread I'll share the resources I use to figure that out. #CuriosityBook #amwriting #scicomm #science #space

I AM WRITING AGAIN

The words I am writing are not very good but I AM WRITING AGAIN

It's been so long since I've touched my manuscript that I've decided I needed to read through it from the start, and am filling in some gaps I'd left as I go. Today I've been writing about Viking lander attempts at life detection, doing RESEARCH in ACTUAL BOOKS

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When you have #ADHD, getting back in to writing a book when you haven't really worked on it for more than a year is intimidating. Fortunately I'm now doing #CognitiveBehavioralTherapy and my therapist has helped me come up with small(ish) steps that will help me get the ball rolling. First step is to read this summary paper, which has been on my "to read" pile for a year: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-022-00882-7

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Okay folks. The last time I worked on my book was in January last year. I geared up to get it done and then had a thyroid infection and other health problems and then one thing and another and I didn't work on it at all in 2022. I was gonna get back to work first thing in 2023 and then I broke a toe and couldn't sit comfortably at a desk and then I got bronchitis. I'm afraid of what's going to happen next, but I'm going to try to get back to work on it right about...now. #writing #CuriosityBook