Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20110406:09:51:00
Surface of mars a little bit over 1 mile an hour. >> reporter: scientists will aim for a zone that appeared shaped by ancient flooding and there it will bore in to determine mineral content or with a laser beam, zap a rock further away and the vapor will reflect different kinds of light according to what material it is. at jpl, engineers work in a sterile lab fine-tuning for a november launch. the project cost? $2.5 billion. scientists break that down to what the average american will pay. >> what this is worth to you as an individual is about the cost of a latte. >> reporter: and what it will...