Features Podcasts Family Video Comics Music Tech Science Books Film & TV Games ✚

@media screen and (max-width:400px){ body{ overflow-x:hidden; background:#ffffff !important; } #posts-loop *{ max-width:100% !important; } *{ max-width:320px; } #mobile_includes{ width:320px; margin-left:-16px; } #container{ padding-top:50px; } #cse-search-box { margin-right: 5px !important; } #dickbar { width:310px; } #metadataBox { overflow-x:hidden; } }

Meet Curiosity rover's earthbound sibling

Rob Beschizza at 2:55 pm Thu, Jan 31, 2013

Kindle

Photo: Glenn Fleishman

Go and check out Glenn Fleishman's fantastic set of photos from the Jet Propulsion Lab's sandbox, where the scientists get to hang out and play with one of Curiosity rover's siblings.

⟿ Follow Rob Beschizza on Twitter.

MORE: jpl • Mars • NASA • robots • rovers • Space

More at Boing Boing

Eurovision 2013: An American in London

The technology that links taxonomy and Star Trek

function convosuiteLabeling(){ console.log('convosuiteLabeling'); google_ad_500_code = "<center><iframe src='http://boingboing.net/wp-content/themes/2012/ad_google_rect.html' width='410' height='290' scrolling='no' frameborder='no' style='margin:0;'></iframe><center>"; $('#ad_500').css('border-top', '1px solid #CCC'); $('#ad_500').css('border-bottom', '1px solid #CCC'); $('#ad_500').css('margin-bottom', '20px'); $('#ad_500').css('margin-top', '40px'); $('#ad_500_label').show(); if($('#ad_500').height() < 50){ $('#convosuite_ad').hide(); $('#google_ad_500').append(google_ad_500_code); console.log('Appending google ad code: '+google_ad_500_code); } } $(document).ready(function(){ // convosuiteLabeling(); setTimeout('convosuiteLabeling();', 3000); }); .fm-cs-ad { margin:18px 0px 18px 0px !important; max-width:514px; } ADVERTISEMENT

http://glitch.tl/ Michael Smith

Buckets of ground clearance.
dragonfrog

The “Duh, I already knew that” Rover.
Punchcard

They should give this rover a twitter account too. Think of the enui!
- http://blog.glennf.com/ Glenn Fleishman
  
  https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity
  - Punchcard
    
    Of course the glory hog has a twitter account. I was referring to the poor sibling. :P
    - http://blog.glennf.com/ Glenn Fleishman
      
      “So dark.”
      “Nobody visits.”
      “@MarsCuriosity:twitter Hey bro what’s happening. Great down here. Lots of gravity.”
      “Taken out for a ride today. Wheeee! Mars Yard is fun. Loaded back on trailer. Locked away. Lights out.”
      “Haven’t seen anyone in weeks. Mission over?”
      “Scott visited. He’s the only one who ever visits when there isn’t a problem.”
      “I’d be less lonely on Mars.”
      - ocker3
        
        ”Another patch test today, n0 problem5 so far…”
    - Jonathan Roberts
      
      It probably hangs around in bars the whole time pretending to be its famous twin. I’d say it’s doing fine.
Preston Sturges

We’re going to get drive thru.
Punchcard

I really want to know if this one is nuclear powered too.
mongo

I guess I shouldda knowed, but I had no idea they were that big.
I envisioned it being about the size of a Radio Flyer wagon.
- jackbird
  
  “Mini Cooper” was the metric of choice in the media coverage of the landing.