Avi Okon, who is NASAs drill cognizant engineer at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, commented on this by saying,"We commanded the first full-depth drilling, and we believe we have collected sufficient material from the rock to meet our objectives of hardware cleaning
Date: Feb 10, 2013
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
NASA Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample
"We commanded the first full-depth drilling, and we believe we have collected sufficient material from the rock to meet our objectives of hardware cleaning and sample drop-off," said Avi Okon, drill cognizant engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.