The Eyes of a New Mars Rover: Mastcam-Z

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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🗓️ 21 February 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Mat Kaplan attended a meeting of the science team for the zoom lens camera that will be atop the Mars 2020 rover mast. Planetary Scientist Jim Bell tells us how this new system will show us the Red Planet as we’ve never seen it before.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Greetings podcast
0:02.0	podcast listeners will get started in a moment first though some major news
0:05.2	planetary radio is ready to make a giant leap in its own evolution
0:09.7	We are moving the show to panoply.fm, the home of many of the very best podcasts anywhere.
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0:25.3	of you who follow us on SoundCloud or who manually listen to us there will need to make a switch.
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0:35.9	There are many, many other great choices, including Apple Podcasts, previously known as iTunes,
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0:59.8	across the Cosmos by making the switch now and thanks for listening. the best camera ever is headed for the surface of the red planet this
1:08.9	week on planetary radio. Radio.
1:19.0	Welcome, I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the Human Adventure across our Solar System and beyond.
1:22.0	Well, that camera's not going this week but pretty soon.
1:25.4	Planetary scientist and best-selling author Jim Bell leads our visit to Arizona State
1:31.4	University to hear about Mastam Z, the stereo zoom camera that will leave for Mars in 2020.
1:40.0	Join me as we talk with Jim and other scientists working on this powerful imager.
1:44.8	More random space facts at the movies when we talk to Bruce Betts later in the program.
1:49.4	That's just a fraction of this week's what-up segment.
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