Comments on: Interview with a Mars rover driver: Scott Maxwell of JPL http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/interview-with-a-mars-rover-dr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 20:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ernest Valdemar http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/interview-with-a-mars-rover-dr.html#comment-1502676 Ernest Valdemar Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175474#comment-1502676  I know that with the manned missions, I feel a certain amount of envy -- <em>she</em> gets to go to space, but I don't. :( But with robotic missions, we <em>all</em> get to go to space. Robots in space are the playing characters of all humanity.  I know that with the manned missions, I feel a certain amount of envy — she gets to go to space, but I don’t. :( But with robotic missions, we all get to go to space. Robots in space are the playing characters of all humanity.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/interview-with-a-mars-rover-dr.html#comment-1502328 Stefan Jones Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175474#comment-1502328 I'd like to see the operators arrange for the rover to secretly make cairns of rock, and burn logos in the capstones with its laser. Purely as a training exercise, of course. I’d like to see the operators arrange for the rover to secretly make cairns of rock, and burn logos in the capstones with its laser.

Purely as a training exercise, of course.

]]> By: doniphon http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/interview-with-a-mars-rover-dr.html#comment-1502306 doniphon Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175474#comment-1502306  It might look barren now, but it's only August 8th.  Pretty soon, they'll have the trash fence up and then the streets laid out and then Gate and then Greeters and then CC Cafe and then the entrance to the BART station... it'll all be good in a couple of weeks.  It might look barren now, but it’s only August 8th.  Pretty soon, they’ll have the trash fence up and then the streets laid out and then Gate and then Greeters and then CC Cafe and then the entrance to the BART station… it’ll all be good in a couple of weeks.

]]> By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/interview-with-a-mars-rover-dr.html#comment-1502263 BarBarSeven Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175474#comment-1502263 Have you ever held a banana in your hand? WHY DOES THAT WORK THAT WAY!!! Coincidence? Have you ever held a banana in your hand? WHY DOES THAT WORK THAT WAY!!! Coincidence?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/interview-with-a-mars-rover-dr.html#comment-1502249 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175474#comment-1502249 Burning Man has dust devils. Mars has dust devils. Coincidence? Burning Man has dust devils. Mars has dust devils. Coincidence?

]]> By: Brad Gall http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/interview-with-a-mars-rover-dr.html#comment-1502241 Brad Gall Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175474#comment-1502241 I'm right there with you but considering the recent maned missions I'm afraid that's not saying much. I’m right there with you but considering the recent maned missions I’m afraid that’s not saying much.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/interview-with-a-mars-rover-dr.html#comment-1502218 Xeni Jardin Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175474#comment-1502218 no, you're absolutely right.  no, you’re absolutely right. 

]]> By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/interview-with-a-mars-rover-dr.html#comment-1502211 BarBarSeven Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175474#comment-1502211 Please do not sully the history of man in space with Burning Man. Please do not sully the history of man in space with Burning Man.

]]> By: elisd http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/interview-with-a-mars-rover-dr.html#comment-1502177 elisd Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175474#comment-1502177 Gale Crater, Mars looks a lot like Black Rock Desert, Earth, at least in black and white.  A little rockier, but still.  I almost expect to see Curiosity driving around Burning Man. Gale Crater, Mars looks a lot like Black Rock Desert, Earth, at least in black and white.  A little rockier, but still.  I almost expect to see Curiosity driving around Burning Man.

]]> By: LikesTurtles http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/interview-with-a-mars-rover-dr.html#comment-1502166 LikesTurtles Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175474#comment-1502166 At the risk of restarting the manned versus unmanned holy war, I've got to say that this mission has excited me much more than any manned mission has in a really long time. At the risk of restarting the manned versus unmanned holy war, I’ve got to say that this mission has excited me much more than any manned mission has in a really long time.

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