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Title	A LANL Scientist's Dream Takes Off to Zap Rocks on Mars
Speaker/Author	Wiens, Roger
Publication Date	2012 Jan 01
OSTI Identifier	1047167
Resource Type	Other
Research Org	Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org	USDOE
Subject	42 ENGINEERING; 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Description/Abstract	Roger Wiens, with a team of 40 people at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the collaboration of the French space institute IRAP, created ChemCam, a laser spectrometer and telescope device aboard the Curiosity rover. ChemCam will blast rocks from as far as 7 meters, vaporize bits of their surfaces, and spectroscopically determine their chemical composition, aiding in the search for life on Mars, and making this scientist's boyhood dream a reality.
Country of Publication	US
Language	English
Format	Medium: AV; Other: Run Time- 00:03:10
System Entry Date	2012 Aug 03
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