FARK.com: (7253461) Curiosity is one hip NASA probe, tweeting about everything it finds. "It's sending small B&W images that look like they came through some sort of Instagrammish filter. Next it'll be demanding deliveries of PBR and vinyls"

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		Curiosity is one hip NASA probe, tweeting about everything it finds. "It's sending small B&W images that look like they came through some sort of Instagrammish filter. Next it'll be demanding deliveries of PBR and vinyls" (washingtonpost.com)		35
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joshiz		2012-08-06 01:58:50 PM

Great, now even Curiosity is a dj.

The My Little Pony Killer		2012-08-06 02:10:01 PM

Yes, there are needful things that should happen on Earth. But there's something marvelous about looking up together. It certainly beats watching John Carter.

Look how clever I am, mommy!

FloydA		2012-08-06 02:13:18 PM

Gail Carter's Facebook page just surpassed 100,000 views.

Odd Bird		2012-08-06 02:32:34 PM

WTF did I just attempt to read?

theorellior		2012-08-06 02:35:00 PM

NASA actually hired someone under 30 to do their social media. Clever girl.

mr_bunny		2012-08-06 02:37:04 PM

Even coming in at many miles a second, the trucker hat it was wearing didn't fly off.

gtp123		2012-08-06 02:37:26 PM

this author writes for a major american newspaper?

theorellior		2012-08-06 02:39:15 PM

I'm at work, so someone else will have to shop up a pic of the probe wearing Hipster Ariel glasses.

Huck And Molly Ziegler		2012-08-06 02:39:47 PM

"If we can ship something the size of an SUV, nuclear-powered and full of lasers, to another planet, then surely we can figure out what to do about the debt ceiling and healthcare. You would think."

We already have figured it out. It's just that ..... well, not gonna get into it here.

Otherwise, congratulations to the men & women who made "Curiosity" possible. I like successful landings on any heavenly orb, manned or not. I look forward to the slide show.

Cymbal		2012-08-06 02:41:40 PM

Yes, but can Curiosity fit into a pair of male skinny jeans and bum some Parliament Lights or American Spirits off a complete stranger?

Antimatter		2012-08-06 02:45:15 PM

Huck And Molly Ziegler: "If we can ship something the size of an SUV, nuclear-powered and full of lasers, to another planet, then surely we can figure out what to do about the debt ceiling and healthcare. You would think."

We already have figured it out. It's just that ..... well, not gonna get into it here.

Otherwise, congratulations to the men & women who made "Curiosity" possible. I like successful landings on any heavenly orb, manned or not. I look forward to the slide show.

Actually, the solution was the same: we are going to send all our debtors on a one way trip to mars.

tuna762		2012-08-06 02:48:12 PM

I can't believe they got this shot from an orbiter....

Link

Fabric_Man		2012-08-06 02:51:33 PM

It's using a pretty obscure transmission protocol. You probably haven't heard of it.

Burr		2012-08-06 02:55:19 PM

Voyager was listening to vinyl before it was cool...

upload.wikimedia.org

Willstar		2012-08-06 02:57:29 PM

Odd Bird: WTF did I just attempt to read?

I don't know, but I want to stab someone in the eye for it. I just wasted brain cells on that.

rdu_voyager		2012-08-06 02:58:59 PM

tuna762: I can't believe they got this shot from an orbiter....

Link

mars.jpl.nasa.gov

Now with hot-linked image goodness.

Tuxedocat		2012-08-06 03:00:37 PM

I read the headline as "BBW pictures." Leaving disappointed.

Mad_Radhu		2012-08-06 03:09:05 PM

Even, worse, it started talking like Wil:

i.imgur.com

Pretty soon, it will be wearing Clown Sweaters.

Teknowaffle		2012-08-06 03:20:53 PM

I liked rovers before they even roved.

astro716		2012-08-06 03:27:05 PM

Are all of its rover wheels fixed-gear?

Shakes999		2012-08-06 03:31:24 PM

This thread is overflowing with lols.

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-08-06 03:35:42 PM

Mad_Radhu: Even, worse, it started talking like Wil:

[i.imgur.com image 517x118]

Pretty soon, it will be wearing Clown Sweaters.

The "I am in you" thing was pretty funny the first dozen times or so. Now... hm.

YixilTesiphon		2012-08-06 03:38:23 PM

rdu_voyager: tuna762: I can't believe they got this shot from an orbiter....

Link

[mars.jpl.nasa.gov image 850x478]

Now with hot-linked image goodness.

Holy shiat. That is farking awesome. shiatfark.

PanicMan		2012-08-06 03:43:43 PM

theorellior: NASA actually hired someone under 30 to do their social media. Clever girl.

Hold on to your butts.

that bosnian sniper		2012-08-06 03:49:03 PM

Extraterrestrial alluvial deposits are so mainstream.

NuttierThanEver		2012-08-06 04:31:11 PM

Yes it's a cookbook but I only use hardwood chips from renewable resourced trees and the finest free range grass fed man that were massaged daily in home brewed beer when I cook man

roughridersfan		2012-08-06 04:41:55 PM

astro716: Are all of its rover wheels fixed-gear?

Meaning they don't move up and down? No, they are on a suspension and the wheels can move something like 25 inches, I believe.

DarkJohnson		2012-08-06 05:10:44 PM

Curiosity found LIFE!!
sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net

jjwars1		2012-08-06 05:12:51 PM

roughridersfan: astro716: Are all of its rover wheels fixed-gear?

Meaning they don't move up and down? No, they are on a suspension and the wheels can move something like 25 inches, I believe.

Meaning like a hipster's fixed gear bicycle?

theorellior		2012-08-06 05:20:08 PM

roughridersfan: Meaning they don't move up and down? No, they are on a suspension and the wheels can move something like 25 inches, I believe.

Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh.

FloydA		2012-08-06 06:13:45 PM

NuttierThanEver:

Yes it's a cookbook but I only use hardwood chips from renewable resourced trees and the finest free range grass fed man that were massaged daily in home brewed beer when I cook man

FTFY

consider this		2012-08-06 06:47:54 PM

cretinbob		2012-08-06 08:14:08 PM

The My Little Pony Killer: Yes, there are needful things that should happen on Earth. But there's something marvelous about looking up together. It certainly beats watching John Carter.

Look how clever I am, mommy!

Perhaps if he had read any of the John Carter books , this douche would have enjoyed the movie more.

roughridersfan		2012-08-07 09:57:21 AM

theorellior: roughridersfan: Meaning they don't move up and down? No, they are on a suspension and the wheels can move something like 25 inches, I believe.

Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh.

I was thinking in terms of my prior background - air traffic control. We have fixed gear (which are usually welded into place and don't have a lot of movement) and retractable gear aircraft.

I wasn't thinking in terms of bicycles, but now I learned something new.