Mars, Dead or Alive

00:00:00 Subtitled by Andrommeda

00:06:33 What water there is on the surface is frozen at the poles.

00:08:32 to survey the landscape...

00:10:46 on the actual hardware going to Mars.

00:12:05 We can cause all sorts of hell for a lot of people today

00:13:42 Every 26 months

00:16:02 Command sent.

00:18:18 They bounce, they bounce

00:20:09 to simulate landing.

00:21:59 so we're going to up the science return

00:24:01 But in the denser atmosphere of Earth

00:26:08 people would be doing itall the time.

00:28:41 the scent of the lifethat we're looking for.

00:30:35 There's a place calledGusev Crater-

00:32:23 with a loose, secondary bladder inside.

00:34:32 they've come to the testwith several design variations

00:36:50 Okay, I need a favor from you.

00:39:05 The chute can't be repacked and fired

00:40:57 but the airbags and the parachute are ready for Mars.

00:43:18 We had to open them up again.

00:45:02 And gradually, piece by piece, they were found.

00:47:52 At T-plus 60 seconds, our solid boosters have burned out.

00:50:11 Here we go. It's going to go.

00:52:41 that we receive from now indicates the vehicle