Comments on: Curiosity's self-portrait

By: Sparky

Sparky — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:38:19 +0000

Nice selfie Curiosity!

By: MaDeR

MaDeR — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:58:56 +0000

I want self-portrait without dust cover.

By: IMForeman

IMForeman — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 04:26:48 +0000

I love that it has a Penny, issued in 1909 attached to the camera calibration chart. A penny minted more than a hundred years ago… minted before the Titanic sank… and now it’s on Mars. That’s pretty damned cool, if you ask me.

By: CB

CB — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:31:41 +0000

The best thing about the Short Circuit connection is that this robot does, in fact, have a laser.

Only updated for the post-Austin Powers world, the fricken laser is on its fricken head.

By: Mid-week thoughts | The Real Ryan Peet

Mid-week thoughts | The Real Ryan Peet — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:09:01 +0000

[...] latest picture to capture my attention from the Mars rover Curiosity comes courtesy of the blog Bad Astronomy over at Discover [...]

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:48:14 +0000

Like a laughing Pierson’s Puppeteer.

By: Jeff Voigt

Jeff Voigt — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:35:40 +0000

This is funny. It looks like the robot has some attitude too. Its name is curiosity and as the name implies, it seems to be curious of its own self and the surroundings. It is actually sent to explore Mars to gather information about its habitability, water availability, climate and geology. Its not just some cheeky robot with some flashy camera.

By: Eric TF Bat

Eric TF Bat — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:59:34 +0000

It amuses me that every component has to have an acronym. Just the other day I was talking on my Bat Hand-Held Communicator (BHHC) with my Bat Maternal Unit (BMU) and she was telling me how her Mother Feline Quadruped Entity 3 (MFQE3) had been watching the Australia Tele-Visual Information Dissemination and Entertainment Nexus (ATVIDEN, code-name BoobTube) when pictures of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover (code-name Curiosity) came on, and he hid under the Soft Object For Arses (SOFA). How about that?

By: Peter B

Peter B — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:57:33 +0000

It’s obviously the (apparently slightly bizarre) way I think, but I was thinking of bicephalic twins looking at each other.

By: CatMom

CatMom — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:29:21 +0000

Will Curiousity post this to its Facebook page?

And yes, I thought of Number Five too! Wall-E springs to mind also, but Curiousity isn’t as cute as he is.