Katie Stack Morgan

And that's really cool because these rocks can tell us about not only the early history of Mars, but also the early history of the solar system.

So we're exploring a period of solar system history that just simply isn't

studyable on our own planet.

And we're doing that with the Perseverance rover.

I'll take you back to Curiosity, because this is the first time I realized I had feelings for a rover.

And it was just a run of the mill day.

I was doing rover operations.

And I think Curiosity might have had a pretty minor, minor issue.

And I realized, I was like, wow, I really care about Curiosity.

And it was this like, I don't know.

I don't know if it was like a...

It's like that moment in a rom-com where you're like, oh, I have feelings.

And, you know, I had not been aware of them beforehand.

And it just kind of hit me in this wave of like, wow, I'm having this emotional reaction.

And I didn't think I cared in this way.

You know, Perseverance is now five years old, but it was the new one on the scene.

The look at me, I've got all these fancy things I can do and I drive so fast.

And then you've got Curiosity.

It's been on the surface for a long time.

It's wise.