Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20120731:14:54:00
Robotic form. and sending a signal between earth and mars takes about 14 minutes each way. this thing has to think for hit self, it has to be able to drive by itself, explore by itself, pick its own targets. it's talking to the earth, but if you're about to go off a cliff or run into a rock and you have to wait 28 minutes round trip for somebody to tell you not to do it forget it. this thing has to be on its own. bill: the whole process is to get the parachute out, to crack the atmosphere, land safely and softly on the planet without exploding. there is a new twist in this mission because we'v...
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