At the first time
"Curiosity" tried his drill on the surface of Mars. According to BBC
News, the robot has continually struck by a brown rock on the surface of the
Gale Crater.
On the rover obtained
images show traces of the chisel. Until now, the surface of the Red Planet's
drill did not try.
As previously reported, aimed at "Curiosity" chose
unusual rocks half a kilometer from the landing site.
Before the beginning of
Martian rock drilling specialists NASA had to make sure that the drill is
working properly. "So far, everything works with the drilling of a well,
in the early stages, we are well advanced. The breed seems quite soft and
easily. This is encouraging, "- BBC News quoted Professor John
Grottsingera (John Grotzinger) from the project" Curiosity. "
Gold mining will be
carried out with the help of bacteria
Drilling surface Gale
Crater "Curiosity" specialists from NASA will help determine whether
Mars could live bacteria. Depositional provide information about the conditions
under which they were formed.
"Curiosity"
landed on Mars August 6, 2012 and the six months have tested almost all of
their devices, discovered a dry stream and analyzed Martian soil and found in
it traces of chlorine and oxygen.
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