It’s a sentiment I remember from my first visit to JPL, and one we’ll hear echoed again and again over the weekend: the idea that the work NASA does, and science in general, belongs to all of us. NASA is expected to host a live webcast of the L2 arrival insertion burn and follow it up with a NASA Science Live program to discuss the event at 3 p.m. That’s why iTech held its first in-person qualifying event here. Well, the answer here is also a yes. Nonetheless, JPL principal investigator Steve Squyres assured viewers that the trial was going well, and some previous video footage was shown of the rover’s prized rock abrasion tool (RAT), a small, drill-like instrument that allows geologists to bore into the surface of a rock and examine its inner composition. We’re using them when we play war video games and in actual war. When using a mail-in buyer, check its ratings with the Better Business Bureau to make sure is hasn’t received complaints.

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