I remember when i was younger the missions to mars that were televised all over the news. I remember specifically the concept of the landing portion of the trip. The genius idea to create a large cacoon of inflated bubbles to house the rover as it bounced along mars surface until it came to a stop. I see that this next rover has some improvements. The primary ones being the rock analyzing equipment and the plutonium power source. The rover should last much longer with the increased power supply and the rock crusher will make for more experiments directly from the rover. Im not sure how they (scientists) expect to analyze the rocks to find evidense of life. I would assume that they are looking for traces of oxygen or chlorophyll or other hints to the possibilities of life. Otherwise they're just going to find crushed rock.
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