The Curiosity rover is amazing engineering, but even more amazing viewed as a work of art. An opinionated showcase of basically everything humans knew about engineering circa 2011, paired with the most interesting shared dream humans have been able to dream so far.
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this little tumblr post made me cry when I first read it
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we built robots
and we gave them names
and we gave them brains made out of silicon
and we pretended they were people
and we told them, "hey, you wanna go exploring?"
and of course they did
because we had made them in our own image
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I love the high-res selfies, like nasa.gov/sites/default/
Every cable tie down, every bolt, everything is purposeful, thoughtful, bespoke and put together at the highest standards humans have. When we settle Mars, these will be like pilgrimage sites.



