Pew pew! Perseverance rover on Mars picks its own prize rocks to shoot with laser - Space.com

The mighty machine is searching out each sample's elemental composition in the ongoing search for ancient life.

NASA is hailing the Perseverance rover's improved ability to pick its own targets as a way of speeding up science on Mars. Without explicit direction from Earth, the Perseverance rover zapped two ro… [+2531 chars]

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