Although the Mars Science Laboratory is over a year and a half from launch, this project is incredibly relevant and important to our space program. NASA is currently at a crossroads. The Space Shuttle program is being discontinued in 2010, and the International Space Station is not expected to be in use beyond 2020. The Ares I and V propulsion rockets, designed to carry astronauts for the new Constellation program, are still incomplete and too expensive to be cost effective for space travel at this time. In the approaching period of developmental limbo, it is important that NASA produce results that validate the need for a bigger budget for exploration. We believe the Mars Science Laboratory is the mission that can recapture the imagination of the public, as well as the support of the American government. The advanced new instruments and design of the rover, in addition to the ambitious goal of exploring greater areas of Mars, will likely yield an array of new discoveries. Finding a substantial amount of new data and discovering evidence of life or natural processes will constitute enough information to propel forward the goal of landing astronauts on Mars. This incredible new mission, the Mars Science Laboratory, will hopefully make discoveries that allow a greater understanding of Mars and the possibility of visiting there.