WINNER RIGHT NOW.
WE PLAY THE ORGAN MUSIC
OCCASIONALLY.
IT'S UP TO PERCENT BUT HOW
ABOUT THIS ONE.
NASA HAS FOUND THE BUILDING
BLOCKS OF LIFE ON MARS.
THAT WOULD BE ORGANIC
MATERIAL.
DOES THIS MEAN THERE WAS LIFE
ON MARS IN THE PAST OR THERE
COULD BE IN THE FUTURE?
>> IT MEANS BOTH.
THESE ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS
THAT LIFE NEEDS TO SURVIVE.
THE DISCOVERY REALLY SAYS THAT
IT'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO
FIND THAT THIS WAS THE CASE.
THEY KNOW MARS WAS HABITABLE
IN THE PAST, THERE WERE OCEANS
ON MARS.
THIS ROBOT HAS FOUND THAT.
ALL THE PIECES ARE COMING INTO
PLAY.
THE LATEST DISCOVERY KICKS IT
INTO OVERDRIVE.
>> DOES THAT MEAN, THERE ARE
TENS OF BILLIONS OF PLANETS
OUT THERE, DOES THAT MEAN
THEREFORE THAT ODDS ARE THERE
HAS BEEN LIFE ON OTHER
PLANETS.
>> FINDING THE CONDITIONS THAT
ARE RIGHT FOR LIFE ON ANOTHER
PLANET REALLY SET THE STAGE.
KNOWN CONFIRMED PLANETS THAT
WE'VE DISCOVERED WITH
TELESCOPES, AND THAT'S JUST IN
A TINY FRACTION.
>> DOES THIS EXCITE YOU GUYS.
>> EVERYDAY.
JUST THE IDEA THAT THERE MIGHT
BE LIFE ON ANOTHER PLANET OR
THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN IN THE
PAST AND THAT WE HAVE THE
TOOLS NECESSARY TO FIND IT,
THIS DISCOVERY, THEY'VE ALSO
FOUND A MESSING CYCLE ON MARS
AS PART OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
AND THAT IS HAPPENING NOW.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD
BE.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE
MORE ORGANIC LIKE CRITTERS OR
MICROBES CREATING A METHANE
GAS.
THEY DON'T KNOW.
THEY CAN'T SAY THAT'S WHAT'S
HAPPENING BUT IT'S SOMETHING
THAT COULD BE HAPPENING.
FINDING MOSS ON MARS WOULD BE
EXCITING OR JUST A PILE OF
GOO.
I GUESS WHOEVER FINDS IT WILL
WIN A NOBEL PRIZE.
BY STUDYING WHATEVER IT MIGHT
BE, TWO ROVERS ARE LAUNCHING
IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND THEY
ARE GOING TO BE BUILT TO
ACTUALLY LOOK FOR LIVE NOW.
THE ACTUAL EVIDENCE.
THESE ARE THE NEXT STEP.
>> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO
GET A NEW ROVER TOMORROW.
>> THEY BEEN BUILDING THESE
FOR THE BETTER PART OF A
DECADE.
>> , YEAR'S TRIP.
>> IT TAKES ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
IT WILL ARRIVE IN NOVEMBER.
ONCE THEY GET TO THAT
POINT --
>> SIX MONTHS, IT USED TO HAVE
BEEN MUCH LONGER.
THERE ARE WINDOWS THAT COME UP
EVERY FEW YEARS.
>> A QUICK ONE, THE PRIVATE
SPACE RACE, ELON MUSK, SPACEX
VERSUS BLUE ORIGIN.
WHO'S WINNING.
>> SPACEX SEEMS TO BE IN THE
LEAD BECAUSE THEY ARE
CUSTOMERS.
THEY ARE SERVING A DIFFERENT
MARKET AND THEIR BUILDING A
SPACESHIP TO GO TO ORBIT.
JEFF SAID HE'S SELLING A
BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF STOCK
TO KEEP BLUE ORIGIN GOING AND
HE'S TARGETING A VERY
DIFFERENT THING.
>> WAIT, WAIT, WOULD YOU GO?
>> IF IT'S SAFE, OF COURSE.
WOULD YOU GO.
>> YES, IN A HEARTBEAT.
>> TO SEE THAT VIEW OF THE
PLANET.
>> JUST TO BE THE GUY WHO DID
IT.
NO SALES TAX ON MARS.
[LAUGHTER]