there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for a day, or chatting with friends. there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful. >> the culmination of the animals. >> it is very impressive. we do not have this at home. >> tell us a little about some of the spider's we see here on display. >> at the california academy of sciences, there is a very large collection of preserved and live specimens, which are the evidence about evolution. we have the assassin spiders, which are

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i have said it before, everybody should visit the planetarium.told that it can now take selfieself. tell me about that. >> this is like a rolling lab. it can take pictures of itself and they are diagnostic about the condition of mars as far as dust storms and other things that are important to scientist is engineers. the pictures are important and it is great it can take self images. >> what do you expect to learn? >> one of the things we expect is how does the rover survive on the surface of mars? mars is well-known for its dust storms and they have been a problem for previous rovers because they have used solar panels for energy. as you mentioned, another thing that is important, is the stuff diagnostic of being able to look around the rover and the damage. there is concern about aluminum wheels >> tell me about that. >> they can not replace them, but they can monitor how much damage has been caused to the wheels as it rolls over the surface. it has six more miles to go. so engineers may find a smoother track. the aluminum is so much lighter th