There is Something Amiss with MSL's Drill After All
NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Had Planetary Protection Slip-Up, Space.com
“The issue involves a set of drill bits carried by the Curiosity rover, which launched Nov. 26 to Mars. When project developers made an internal decision not to send the equipment through a final ultra-cleanliness step, it marked a deviation from the planetary protection plans scripted for the Mars Science Laboratory mission.”
Is Something Wrong With the Drill on MSL?, earlier post
“The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, including the Curiosity rover and the rock-sampling drill on the rover, has passed all functional testing, and final preparations for launch on Nov. 25 are on schedule.”