St. Patrick’s Day on Mars didn’t quite go as planned.  Yesterday we planned a ~15 m drive to a nearby ridge, but we came in this morning to find that the drive didn’t occur (blame it on the leprechauns?).  In reality, we can blame it on a short in the RTG, which precluded the drive.  This fault has occurred several times previously. Because the fault is understood, we were able to … Continue reading Sols 1286-1288: Blame it on the leprechauns