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hi I'm Jennifer trois / the deputy

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project manager on the Curiosity rover

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and this is your Curiosity rover report

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we landed on Mars over 1 Mars year ago

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with the purpose of studying Mount sharp

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we've driven six miles to get to the

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base of this incredible mountain

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exploring the foothills of Mount sharp

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is like turning a history book page by

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page as we look at each layer we want to

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know what formed and deposited these

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layers and how are they related to each

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other we also want to understand the

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potential for organic preservation in

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each of these layers in preparation for

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drilling we did some testing here in the

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Mars yard to understand how changing

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some of our drill parameters could help

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us be more effective at drilling softer

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and more breakable rocks like the ones

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we see at Pahrump Hills we perform a

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mini drill on an adjacent Rock usually

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to understand the properties of the

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material we'll be drilling then we do a

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full drill and if we confirm the sample

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won't clog our sample collection system

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the next step is to transfer it to the

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instruments for analysis since it's such

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an interesting location we expect to

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spend several weeks here systematically

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studying the rocks layer by layer this