the first rover to land and operate on mars was identical to this. was part of the pathfinder of 1996. mission a little rover named sojourner was put down on the surface of mars and operated on beyond its expected lifetime exploring. it has six wheels and they are called rocker wheels that enable it to go over rocks without tipping over. about the size of a microwave oven. solar panels on top to keep it powered and it was really a little geologist put down on the surface of mars to do some of the investigations that a human geologist would do. tois equipped with a device touch up against a rock and determine what chemical elements are in the rock. it had a camera for guidance and could pick up information about the ambient environment of mars. you can think of them as the first geologist to set foot on mars and to go roaming around so that they could explore a broader area. this is the backup for the pathfinder mission. this could go to mars itself. 10 years later, after the pathfinder mission, we had another mission which landed a somewhat larger rov

it was involved with the mars rover program, on and on and on and i'm really happy that i had some minor role to play in that. >> thank you. nick, how about you? how did you make the transition out to where you are today? >> before saigon, i had ap and american tiger, an end and allowed everywhere and i would be sent to vietnam. vietnam war over. he told me. then he came, a friend of mine. >> oh, my. >> uh-huh. >> then i applied with the helicopter and i chop helicopter and coup 30 people and helicopter helicopters. >> i have to show my family and try to go and come other. then i go back to vietnam on every year and marine and trail and little border china vietnam and lend my story and look. >> so you keep continuing. >> continue, yeah, uh-huh. >> good. well, this has been a pretty special afternoon for me. i hope it's been for you. we'd like to take some questions. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. [ applause ] >> that picture, is that kim there? >> yes. >> you mentioned several iconic pictures and how they were interpreted when used. adams is a particular instance where i think he

of mars in 2011 and any idea when it was kconstructed? 1993. the next rovermars, and now going to the mars to look for life, and the processor that it is using is the 1993 processor. nasa turns to the private industry and says that, oh, my god, the space industry is ending, but no, it is the best thing to happen. the ability to open up space is now in the hands of individuals and not only governments and now we will see the pace really pick up. >> the private sector is not only taking on rocketships, and peter's latest venture called planetary resources is looking to take something straight out of science fiction. >> we want to go out there to mine asteroids, and the most precious real estate in the solar system are the asteroids that come very close to the earth, and they are worth trillions of dollars. this is crazy stuff, and it is all insane, and all insane until you make it happen. >> yes, it is a crazy blow my mind future talk. >> yes, happening right now. >> as we have already kind of exploited on here on earth that we are going out now, and starting t

he used to work on the mars rover project and he created this freakishly giant toy to survive the nerfffice. he can out than anybody would this thing. it is powered by compressed air canister. it fires huge starts made out of foam, pool noodles, and toilet plungers. somebody will lose an eye. the darts are fired at 40 miles an hour. i give up. don't get in a war with him. let's look at the seven-day. it's friday and we all get to enjoy a nice, sunny, warm weekend. check out the temperatures. by next workweek we are pushing 100 degrees inland. we are also looking at the dow as a keeps plunging. it is down 523 points right now on the overnight news that the uk voted to you leave the european union. that will continue to develop all day. stay tuned for our later newscast. stay connected with our mobile app. kron4.com, facebook, and twitter. we will see you later. . >> announcer: today on "dr. phil". >> it's time to put on the big girl panties. grow up. >> dr. phil: did you say you wished they would drop dead? >> yes. they want to kill me. >> dr. phil: you say she's a sex addict. >> she li

he worked on the mars rover project and created the freakishly big toy to survive the ongoing turf wars is -- fires darts made of foam pool noodles. >>> we will take a quick break. coming up the united kingdom has voted out of the european union. we will have the latest. and president. obama is in the bay area today. he will be speaking at the global entrepreneurial summit. will tran will be live with details and pride celebration this weekend which means traffic problems. the president is expected to speak with the prime minister david cameron over the course of the next day. obama had previously encouraged britain to remain in the ua -- eu and the exism et polyshowed they would. a big surprise this morning. >> this is a big story worldwide. let's go live now to scott mcclain in d.c. with the latest. scott. >> reporter: well, this is not the outcome that most people had expected. britt an will now exit the european union and it is a decision that is being felt around the world. one of thor world's largest economies will soon be an island to itself. >> let june 23rd go down in history a

right now mars has five active orbiters circling it. and two working roverssend astronauts to the red planet by the 2030s.