Zapping Mars: Using Lasers to Determine the Chemistry of the Red Planet: When NASA's rover Curiosity landed successfully on Mars last August, it opened a new chapter in space exploration: the use of laser-based instruments to probe the surface of other planets. The nearly one-ton rover was designed to be a laboratory on wheels that is capable of doing sophisticated analyses on rough terrain
OPTICS AND PHOTONICS NEWS ; 24 , 1 ; 26-33
2013-01-01
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
DDC: | 621.36 |
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