. -- jpl and they lived and worked according to the time zone of the rover. because the martian day is longer than earth, that means they reported for work about 40 minutes later each day. if you were at the gate of jpl and would see people coming 40 minutes later than the day before. the main science meeting room is dark and so they can orient to what they call mars local time to read each chain had about 75 scientists and student researchers organized into what were called science femur groups and geochemistry soymeal and rocks, geometry and atmosphere. they were arranged at their tables and gave presentations interpreting what they were learning and what they would like to do tomorrow on mars. the long term planning group setting off to one side reviewed the mission objectives measures of how far they had traveled. the number of images the had taken and how the instruments had been used and how the goals affected the plan tomorrow. in the words of steve's collier's the principal investigators of the mer mission, this has been the first overland expedition

jpl which is a significantly contributed to our space science.le thing is mindblowing. >> it is awe-inspiring. that's what these people are waiting for. and you know you might be out here until 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. >> i don't care. i have school tomorrow. >> reporter: we'll see how many holdouts do remain. they are holding tight. if they do, they get to see a piece of american history pass them by. back to you. >> okay. the big question. are you going to make it until two clog, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning? >> reporter: you know what? i hope not. >> i don't blame you. >> thank you very much. we want to check in with comcast sportsnet. what's going on? you would wait until 4:00 in the morning. you would be out there. >> yeah. i don't have school tomorrow. do you know what i'm saying? i don't have school tomorrow. we've got a lot going on. we'll preview game one that begins at sunday at at&t park. get ready for the orange and black against the cardinals, the defending champion. let the games begin. we're ready to play ball. [ female announ

beagle at nasa's jpl lab out in california.rning, but luther you really operate on mars time right? >> yes, and it is a 24 hour 40 minute day. >> bill: so what time is it on mars now? >> i do know i have an app for it on my cell phone, but i'm talking on it so it's hard to tell. >> bill: okay. is curiosity doing the job you expected it to do? >> yeah it has operated flaw >> bill: tell us about -- we know rocks on earth. are these the same kind of rocks that we have on earth. >> no, see there are all different types of rocks we just found on mars. the rock we just found was called a jake rock. it is completely different than anything we have seen on mars before. we see a rock on mars. we see a rock on earth and we assume it is created in the same general way. this looks like it was created in a way like no rock we have ever seen on mars. it looks like it was created similar to a volcanic situation. and we're still trying to figure out what it all means. >> bill: you scoop up the soil but you are not sending any back to earth, so

but i'm almost certain msl -- go look on the jpl web site and look under msl. i believe there is an instrument for that. >> okay. but it's not -- currently, we're not going to be able to hear sound from curiosity or -- >> well, the sounds are -- i'm not sure, you know, it seems like somebody should have done a simulation of what it would sound like. i think it would be very low. but as you can imagine, if you were to blow against that microphone, it could sound like a hurricane, but it was just, you know -- so this relationship is not necessarily intuitive. >> but you can hear the martians jumping around outside the camera. [laughter] >> that would be, we would get the vibrations, i think. >> what danger do the rovers have from solar flares? >> solar flares -- now, this is an area i'm not a specialist in. i believe -- i think it's best to think of radiation in general, and you have cosmic rays and solar flares. the bottom line is that the computer circuit systems are radiation-hardened. that's why if you look at what curiosity has, you'll see that it's not quit

. -- jpl and they lived and worked according to the time zone of the rover. because the martian day is longer than earth, that means they reported for work about 40 minutes later each day. if you were at the gate of jpl and would see people coming 40 minutes later than the day before. the main science meeting room is dark and so they can orient to what they call mars local time to read each chain had about 75 scientists and student researchers organized into what were called science femur groups and geochemistry soymeal and rocks, geometry and atmosphere. they were arranged at their tables and gave presentations interpreting what they were learning and what they would like to do tomorrow on mars. the long term planning group setting off to one side reviewed the mission objectives measures of how far they had traveled. the number of images the had taken and how the instruments had been used and how the goals affected the plan tomorrow. in the words of steve's collier's the principal investigators of the mer mission, this has been the first overland expedition

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