Curiosity Shot First

Curiosity's Do List:

1) Land safely.
2) Phone home
3) Start looking around
4) Zap a rock with a laser, because I come in peace for all mankind, but I have a laser, and I'm not afraid to use it, so fear my mad laser skillz, and also SCIENCE!
5) Finish looking around
6) Move
(To be continued)

Chekhov's Laser in practice: "If in the first act you have put a one ton robot equipped with a laser on the surface of Mars, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there."