A LANL Scientist's Dream Takes Off to Zap Rocks on Mars

Multimedia · Thu Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2012

OSTI ID:1047167

Wiens, Roger

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.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 1047167
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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