Richard Zurek
Richard Zurek
evidence looking spot sweet
What we're really looking for is that sweet spot where we can go down with other instruments and look for evidence of life.
future weather
It's a weather satellite, it's a geological surveyor, it's a pathfinder for future missions.
knock opened socks
It's just going to knock your socks off when we get these instruments opened up at Mars.
surprising time
Every time we look closer, we see surprising new things.
presence sure
I'm sure the U.S. would like to have a presence there.
arriving duplicate influenced trying
The instruments that are arriving (in 2003) have influenced our selections. We're trying to complement, not duplicate them.
couple feet literally scratched surface trying
With the subsurface of Mars, we've literally just scratched the surface and we're trying to probe, now, more than a couple of feet into it.
detail level looking seen
We'll be looking at things with a level of detail we've not seen before.
begin detail image surface
We'll begin to image the surface and look at its composition with detail that we've just not been able to do before.