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Explore The Dark Side Of Your Desk With This Wooden Curiosity Model
If you want a Curiosity rover of your own but don’t quite have NASA’s budget, you can save yourself $US2,499,999,850 by going with designer Arnold Patrick Martin’s beautiful wooden model. It doesn’t move, the cameras don’t work, and it probably won’t survive a trip to Mars, but it’s also only $US150.
Mystery Particles On Mars Revealed By Curiosity’s Junk
Sifting through soil on Mars, NASA’s rover Curiosity paused to take a picture — and exposed its own bad behaviour. The shot included a bright object lying in the Martian dirt, and a closer look suggests that the rover is guilty of littering: it appears the object is a piece of plastic wrapper that has fallen from the robot.
Seven Years In The Life Of One Of The Engineers Of The Mars Curiosity Rover
With all the excitement of the seven minutes of terror (and glory), it’s easy to forget that there were seven years of suffering and hard work to make it all happen. Seven years of the life of people like Adam Steltzner or our friend Mark Rober.
First Video Of Curiosity Rover Shows Its Exciting Descent To Mars
This video covers the last two and a half minutes of Curiosity’s descent from her point of view. It’s made of 297 frames captured during the landing. You can see the thermal shield being jettisoned and the wheel of the rover as it’s being dropped by the skycrane.
This Rover Is An iOS-Controlled Spy Tank For Kids
Not to be confused with our beloved Mars Lander, this Rover is the AC13 Wi-Fi Vehicle with Video. It’s a spy camera on wheels that both adults and kids will love.
Clearwire Rover: Pay-As-You-Go WiMax By Day, Week Or Month
Clearwire just announced Rover, a no-contract service that offers unlimited WiMax goodness for $US5 a day, $US20 a week or $US50 a month. Yep, get ready to start topping up your 4G.
