Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20120823:09:47:00
Composition of nearby rocks. and it is the first rover on the surface of mars to be able to drill and analyze samples. all the data can be sent to earth with the most detailed images yet of the martian surface. by studying the crater layer by layer, scientists hope to learn whether this now dead planet could once have supported life billions of years ago. >> i love that we are so technologically advanced we can get there, but it still goes so slow. a football field a day. let's expedite it a little bit. >> they hope to speed it up over time. grease the wheels a little bit. coming up next, yo...