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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aesthetics seems to be the entry drug of conservatism everywhere in the world 
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Ah, believing art and aesthetics are organically linked *is* a conservative thing
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Personally I think art lies in seeing differently. Aesthetics has more to do with craft and refined tastes *within* a broad way of seeing, which may or may not be artistically significant. Curiosity has good engineering aesthetics as well. The designers had taste too.

