101: The best geologist on Mars with Dr. Francis
Jun 18, 2017•24 min•Ep. 101
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Episode description
Dr. Raymond Francis talks about a rock-vaporizing laser and the software that controls it. He describes how he and colleagues programmed a computer to make choices like a geologist would, allowing the Curiosity rover to do more science on Mars.
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