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NASA’s Mars Rover Spent the Weekend Shooting a Weird-Looking Rock With a Laser – Futurism
Set phasers to “study.”
No-Scope
Over the weekend, NASAs Curiosity rover spent its time blasting a bizarre rock on Mars with a laser.
To clarify, Curiosity wasnt just killing time. This particular rock, Digital Trends reports, was adorned with unusual colors for the area, and vaporizing it with a laser is one of the best tricks Curiosity that has for figuring out what its made of.
Target Practice
The laser is just one of Curiositys tools for analyzing an objects chemical composition. In the past, the rover has used…
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