Perseverance's path puzzled me. The good thing is that NASA has an up-to-date map [0] of its path, also joined by lines, which shows more of the path and also c

Perseverance's path puzzled me. The good thing is that NASA has an up-to-date map [0] of its path, also joined by lines, which shows more of the path and also confirms how odd some stretches of its voyage have been. Does anyone know why it spent so much time going back and forth? --- Edit: I see, it was always going back to the "Sample Depot Zone" to deposit the collected samples. This zone is where the chaos begins after the very long stretch. Here's [1] more info on the depot, including a photo made by the rover of what such a deposited sample looks like. --- [0] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/where-is-the-rover/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/where-is-the-rover/ [1] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-perseverance-rover-completes-mars-sample-depot https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-perseverance-rover-c...