Drew Magary: Here's why you should really give a crap about the NASA Mars rover FacebookTwitterEmail In this handout image provided by NASA, still image is part of a video taken by several cameras aboard the descent stage as NASA Perseverance rover as it touched down in the area known as Jezero crater on February 18, 2021 on the planet Mars. A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, paving the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.NASA/Getty Images