Special Edition: Uncovering Mysteries of Mars
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2020
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Today's "Special Edition Saturday" interview features space journalist and author Elizabeth Howell. She shares what NASA's fifth and most sophisticated Mars rover (just launched!) will be doing, and what role it plays in the bigger goal of sending humans to live on the red planet...
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, August 1st. |
| 0:02.0 | Welcome to our weekend episode of the Newsworthy |
| 0:04.2 | that we call Special Edition Saturday. |
| 0:06.1 | And today we're talking about missions to Mars. |
| 0:08.6 | NASA just launched its fifth and most sophisticated Mars |
| 0:11.6 | rover ever built. |
| 0:12.8 | So what will this car-sized robot called perseverance actually do? |
| 0:16.5 | And why does it matter? |
| 0:17.6 | And what role does it play in that bigger goal to send humans to the red planet? |
| 0:22.0 | Is that even possible? Our guest today answers |
| 0:24.6 | those questions and more. Elizabeth Howell is a space journalist and author. Her |
| 0:29.1 | latest book, The Search for Life on Mars, is out now. She also contributes to space.com, Forbes, |
| 0:34.8 | Sky News, and CBC. So here's our conversation about exploring and maybe even |
| 0:39.0 | living on Mars. |
| 0:42.5 | Welcome, to the Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday, |
| 0:45.6 | when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity |
| 0:47.6 | every Saturday to talk about something in the news. |
| 0:50.0 | Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday |
| 0:51.7 | for our regular episodes when we provide all the days news in just. Don't |
| 0:53.0 | to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes when we provide all the days |
| 0:54.3 | news in just 10 minutes. |
| 0:55.8 | It's fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
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