DIFFERENT WEATHER AND TERRAIN
TOO.
FORT BRAGG OFFICIALS SAY THE
SIMULATOR COST $10 MILLION.
NASA IS ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY
FROM A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF
FLIGHT.
YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE
AWESOME.
HEADING TO MARS NASA LAUNCHING
ITS NEWEST ROVER IN LESS THAN AN
HOUR, WHAT HOPES TO BE A HISTORY
MAKING MISSION.
THIS IS THE LIVE LOOK FROM CAPE
CANAVERAL, ALL EYES ON THIS
ROCKET.
AS IT GETS READY TO LAUNCH
AROUND 7:50 CARRYING THE
PERSEVERANCE ROVER WHICH WILL
ACTUALLY HELP SCIENTISTS LEARN
MORE ABOUT LIFE ON THE RED
PLANET.
THE ROVER WILL DRILL INTO THE
SURFACE OF MARS AND BRING BACK
SAMPLES EVENTUALLY TO EARTH.
SO THIS IS JUST SO SCIENTISTS
CAN FIGURE OUT DID LIFE EXIST ON
MARS BILLIONS OF YEARS AGO.
WHILE IT IS THERE, IT WILL ALSO
WORK TO ACCOMPLISH ANOTHER
MISSION.
ANOTHER THING THIS MISSION IS
GOING TO DO IS PREPARE FOR
HUMANS.
SO WE HAVE OTHER INSTRUMENTS ON
BOARD THAT ARE GOING TO BE
HELPING KEEP NAUGHTS HEALTHY AND
SAFE WHEN WE SEND THEM TO MARS
HOPEFULLY HERE IN THE NEXT
DECADE OR SOCHLT.
HERE'S THE DEAL, IT'S GOING
TO TAKE 7 MONTHS TO GET TO MARS
ARRIVING SOME TIME IN FEBRUARY
AND THEN IT'S ALSO TAKING A
HELICOPTER WITH IT.
IF THAT CHOPPER FLIES PROPERLY,
IT WILL BE THE FIRST POWERED
FLIGHT ON ANOTHER PLANET.
THIS WILL HELP
SCIENTISTS FIGURE OUT WHAT IS
