What Do You Need to Hunt for Life on Mars? Perseverance!

Science Rules! with Bill Nye

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🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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A leader of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover team explains what we've learned about the red planet since the rover landed and lays out the mission to find — and return — evidence of life. Plus, acronyms galore!

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0:00.0	We're all science people.
0:10.0	Science!
0:11.0	Exactly.
0:13.0	Evolution does some pretty funky things.
0:15.0	That is a false fact.
0:16.0	The old question in science is how do you know that?
0:19.0	The achievement equals skill times effort.
0:21.0	That's the recipe for success.
0:23.0	I'm about to show you something so cool that will blow your mind.
0:26.0	We can make the world better for everybody.
0:29.0	Starting now.
0:31.0	Welcome, welcome to Science Rules.
0:34.0	I'm your host Bill Nye.
0:36.0	This is the show where science rules.
0:39.0	It's a calling show and if you want to be on the show and I hope you do,
0:43.0	leave us a voicemail at 201-4720-785 or go to www.askbilnye.com.
0:53.0	You can also check me out on all the social media to find out about our upcoming guests.
0:58.0	But today, my friends, I am joined once again by science writer, editor, and seriously people.
1:04.0	Dear friend, Coriess, pal, hello, Cori, pathfinder, sojourner, spirit, opportunity, and now curiosity, and now perseverance.
1:17.0	Bill, what a time to be alive.
1:19.0	I am old enough to remember all the way back to 1997 when NASA landed this little lander
1:25.0	in this little robot called Sojourner that rolled around on Mars.
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