Late update: 4:27 p.m. ET, Friday, August 31
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is equipped with ten different scientific instruments, among them, a military-grade laser capable of vaporizing solid rock, which NASA plans to use to study the chemical and geologic composition of the Martian surface.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=95838