The Rover With A Laser

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) will arrive at the red planet in 2010 sporting a new gadget. MSL will be packing a mounted laser to vaporize areas of surface rock for study. MSL’s ChemCam will analyze the chemicals from any vaporized material.

The Los Alamos National Laboratory is responsible for the completion and testing of the ChemCam instrument. It’s estimated that the ChemCam will be shipped to NASA/JPL in 2008 for integration with the rover.

MSL Screenshot

This could be the start of our invasion of Mars .

High five to Fraser Cain.

Technorati Tags: Mars Science Laboratory, Space Gadgets

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

(No Ratings Yet)

Loading ...

Liked this post? Subscribe to the RSS Feed

Thank you for reading this post. You can now Read Comments (3) or Leave A Trackback.

Post Info

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 and is filed under Internet News. .

You can follow any responses to this entry through the Comments Feed. You can Leave A Comment, or A Trackback.

Previous Post: Fotolog: The New Photo Blog »
Next Post: Eyespot: Video Sharing And Mixing Made Easy »

Related Posts:

Back to the Homepage

Latest Posts:

3 Responses to “The Rover With A Laser”

1
Mike
June 27th, 2007 08:22

LOL…Hopefully they don’t inadvertently spark up an intergalactic war with those lasers
2
Brown Baron
June 27th, 2007 12:40

If the Martians see that laser, they’ll probably laugh and say “What a cute flashlight!”
3
Texas_JAM
June 28th, 2007 02:22

Hopefully, it will last as long last the current rovers have… or even longer

Note: Any comments are permitted only because the site owner is letting you post, and any comments will be removed for any reason at the absolute discretion of the site owner.