It is amazing to see SuperCam working so well on Mars, when The SuperCam,arock-vaporizing first dreamed up this instrument eight years ago, The SuperCam,arock-vaporizing worried that The SuperCam,arock-vaporizing were being way too ambitious. Now it is up there working like a charm.

Roger Wiens

A primary goal of the Curiosity mission was to study the transition between the habitable environment of the past, to the dry and cold climate that Mars has now. These rock layers recorded that change in great detail.