Mars Opportunity Rover Update, Sunscreen SPF Meanings, Turning Carbon Dioxide into Fuel

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

Why Hasn't the Mars Opportunity Rover Called Home?
Mars Rovers Spirit and Oppy on Twitter @MarsRovers
When It Comes to Sunscreen, the SPF Isn't as Crucial as You Think
This Dr. Seuss-esque Element Could Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel

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0:00.0	Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.
0:05.0	I'm Cody Gough.
0:06.0	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:07.0	Today you learn why the Mars Opportunity Rover hasn't phoned home, the difference
0:10.8	SPF makes when you're picking out sunscreen and how scientists might be able to turn carbon dioxide into fuel.
0:16.5	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:18.0	Today's top story is about the Mars Opportunity Rover, which we haven't heard from in a while.
0:24.0	Yeah, where it go?
0:25.0	I don't know.
0:28.0	Nobody knows.
0:30.0	Somebody's got to know.
0:31.0	NASA better know.
0:32.0	Well,
0:33.0	expensive piece of equipment.
0:34.0	I mean, they know it's on Mars, but yeah.
0:37.0	That there isn't down.
0:38.0	You know?
0:39.0	We know it's there.
0:40.0	So backing up, Opportunity, Touchdown on on Mars in 2004 and it was only supposed to last 90 days but it's actually still alive and kicking or you know rolling after 14 years.
0:52.0	It's found evidence for running water on the planet, explored a
0:55.2	couple of big craters, and even got out of a sand trap. That's a big deal because
0:59.2	it's twin rover Spirit got stuck in one before it died around 2010.
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