MISSION TO THE RED PLANET.
>> I AM NOT SURE I CAN PUT INTO
WORDS HOW EXCITING THIS IS FOR
ME.
ANDREW: WHEN AN ATLAS MARKET
TAKES OFF THIS WEEK, THIS
PROFESSOR WILL KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE IT LANDS BECAUSE HE HELPED
TO PICK OUT THE SPOT.
HE WILL HELP TO GUIDE THE
DECISION-MAKING.
>> SHOULD WE SAMPLE THAT ROCK
OVER THERE OR THAT ROCK OVER
THERE?
AND WHY?
WHAT IS THE REASON FOR DOING
THAT?
ANDREW: IT SHOWS HOW
PERSEVERANCE WILL DRILL INTO
ROCKS, TAKING CORE SAMPLES OF
THE PLANET THAT COULD BE
RETURNED TO OUR PLANET IN THE
FUTURE.
THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER WILL HAVE
A BIGGER MISSION.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST ROVER
MISSION TO ACTUALLY LOOK FOR
EVIDENCE OF ANCIENT LIFE ONLINE
IS.
ANDREW: EVEN ANCIENT BACTERIA
WOULD BE GROUNDBREAKING BECAUSE
OF WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN BEYOND
MARS.
>> LIFE CAN GET STARTED VERY
EASILY, WHICH MEANS IT IS
POSSIBLE THERE IS LIFE ON
PLANETS ALL OVER THE GALAXY AND
UNIVERSE.
ANDREW: MISSION CONTROL IS
KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE
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